#AE8A66#AE8A66

#AE8A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.066 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A66
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 102)
HSL	hsl(30, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 8.75, 24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 26.00, 70.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0268 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.066 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9433, 28.1365, 16.4742)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A66 #668AAE

analogous

#AE6666 #AE8A66 #AEAE66

triadic

#AE8A66 #66AE8A #8A66AE

tetradic

#AE8A66 #66AE66 #668AAE #AE66AE

square

#AE8A66 #66AE66 #668AAE #AE66AE

split-complementary

#AE8A66 #66AEAE #6666AE

monochromatic

#644D35 #8C6B4A #AE8A66 #C3A98E #D8C7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8A66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A66

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A66	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.066 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac92',
    500: '#ae8a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a66;
$custom-light: #c8ac92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65855,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A66

secondary

#A9B8C7

accent

#94C761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A66

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

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