#AE8A64#AE8A64

#AE8A64 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.068 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A64
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 100)
HSL	hsl(31, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 42.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 8.52, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 26.93, 71.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.026 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.068 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8453, 28.0973, 15.9581)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A64 #6488AE

analogous

#AE6564 #AE8A64 #ADAE64

triadic

#AE8A64 #64AE8A #8A64AE

tetradic

#AE8A64 #64AE65 #6488AE #AE64AD

square

#AE8A64 #64AE65 #6488AE #AE64AD

split-complementary

#AE8A64 #64ADAE #6564AE

monochromatic

#644C34 #8C6B49 #AE8A64 #C3A88C #D8C7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AE8A64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A64

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A64	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.068 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac90',
    500: '#ae8a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a64;
$custom-light: #c8ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.811,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.06838,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A64

secondary

#A7B6C7

accent

#93C860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A64

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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