#AE8A68#AE8A68

#AE8A68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.065 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A68
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 104)
HSL	hsl(29, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 40.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 8.98, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 25.08, 69.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0276 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.065 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0436, 28.1766, 17.0028)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A68 #688CAE

analogous

#AE6869 #AE8A68 #AEAD68

triadic

#AE8A68 #68AE8A #8A68AE

tetradic

#AE8A68 #69AE68 #688CAE #AD68AE

square

#AE8A68 #69AE68 #688CAE #AD68AE

split-complementary

#AE8A68 #68AEAD #6869AE

monochromatic

#654D36 #8D6B4C #AE8A68 #C3A990 #D9C8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8A68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A68

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A68	1.00	3.17	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.065 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac93',
    500: '#ae8a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a68;
$custom-light: #c7ac93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.0646,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A68

secondary

#AAB9C8

accent

#95C661

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A68

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

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