#AE8A6B#AE8A6B

#AE8A6B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.062 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A6B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 107)
HSL	hsl(28, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 38.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 9.34, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 23.73, 66.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0289 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.062 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1987, 28.2387, 17.8197)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A6B #6B8FAE

analogous

#AE6B6D #AE8A6B #AEAC6B

triadic

#AE8A6B #6BAE8A #8A6BAE

tetradic

#AE8A6B #6DAE6B #6B8FAE #AC6BAE

square

#AE8A6B #6DAE6B #6B8FAE #AC6BAE

split-complementary

#AE8A6B #6BAEAC #6B6DAE

monochromatic

#674E38 #8E6C4E #AE8A6B #C4A993 #D9C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8A6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A6B

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A6B	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.062 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac95',
    500: '#ae8a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a6b;
$custom-light: #c7ac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 29.258,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65957,
    "c": 0.06184,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A6B

secondary

#ACBBC8

accent

#98C662

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A6B

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

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