#AE8A69#AE8A69

#AE8A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.064 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A69
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(29, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 9.10, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 24.63, 68.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.028 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.064 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0947, 28.1971, 17.2719)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A69 #698DAE

analogous

#AE696B #AE8A69 #AEAD69

triadic

#AE8A69 #69AE8A #8A69AE

tetradic

#AE8A69 #6BAE69 #698DAE #AD69AE

square

#AE8A69 #6BAE69 #698DAE #AD69AE

split-complementary

#AE8A69 #69AEAD #696BAE

monochromatic

#664D37 #8D6B4C #AE8A69 #C3A991 #D9C8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A69

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A69	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	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)

#968C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.064 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac94',
    500: '#ae8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a69;
$custom-light: #c7ac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A69

secondary

#ABBAC8

accent

#96C662

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A69

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

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