#AE8A6A#AE8A6A

#AE8A6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.063 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A6A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 106)
HSL	hsl(28, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 39.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 9.22, 22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 24.18, 67.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0285 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.063 63)
XYZ	xyz(29.1464, 28.2177, 17.5442)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A6A #6A8EAE

analogous

#AE6A6C #AE8A6A #AEAC6A

triadic

#AE8A6A #6AAE8A #8A6AAE

tetradic

#AE8A6A #6CAE6A #6A8EAE #AC6AAE

square

#AE8A6A #6CAE6A #6A8EAE #AC6AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A6A #6AAEAC #6A6CAE

monochromatic

#664D38 #8E6B4D #AE8A6A #C4A992 #D9C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A6A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A6A	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)

#958C68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.063 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac95',
    500: '#ae8a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a6a;
$custom-light: #c7ac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 29.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.28216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A6A

secondary

#ACBBC8

accent

#97C662

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A6A

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

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