#AE8A63#AE8A63

#AE8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.069 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE8A63
RGBrgb(174, 138, 99)
HSLhsl(31, 32%, 54%)
HSVhsv(31, 43%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.7%, 43.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.96, 8.41, 26.08)
CIE-LCHlch(59.96, 27.40, 72.12°)
OKLaboklab(65.8% 0.0255 0.0645)
OKLCHoklch(65.8% 0.069 68.4)
XYZxyz(28.7972, 28.0780, 15.7047)
Luminance0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE8A63 #6387AE
analogous
#AE6463 #AE8A63 #ACAE63
triadic
#AE8A63 #63AE8A #8A63AE
tetradic
#AE8A63 #63AE64 #6387AE #AE63AC
square
#AE8A63 #63AE64 #6387AE #AE63AC
split-complementary
#AE8A63 #63ACAE #6463AE
monochromatic
#634C33 #8B6B48 #AE8A63 #C3A88B #D8C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17
#AE8A63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62
#AE8A63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A63
6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE8A63#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE8A631.003.176.626.62
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6221.001.001.00
##0000006.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#968C60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9464
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA8280
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.069 68.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac90',
    500: '#ae8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae8a63;
$custom-light: #c8ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.06933,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE8A63
secondary
#A6B6C6
accent
#92C860
background
#FCFAF8
surface
#F8F4F0
border
#D1CECB
text
#13100C
muted
#827F7D

Preview Lab

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#AE8A63 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva