#AE8A6C#AE8A6C

#AE8A6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.061 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A6C
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 108)
HSL	hsl(27, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 37.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 9.46, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 23.29, 66.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.0293 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.061 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2517, 28.2598, 18.0984)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A6C #6C90AE

analogous

#AE6C6F #AE8A6C #AEAB6C

triadic

#AE8A6C #6CAE8A #8A6CAE

tetradic

#AE8A6C #6FAE6C #6C90AE #AB6CAE

square

#AE8A6C #6FAE6C #6C90AE #AB6CAE

split-complementary

#AE8A6C #6CAEAB #6C6FAE

monochromatic

#674E39 #8E6B4E #AE8A6C #C4A993 #D9C9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8A6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A6C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A6C	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)

#958C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.061 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac96',
    500: '#ae8a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a6c;
$custom-light: #c7ac96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65978,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A6C

secondary

#ADBCC9

accent

#98C563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A6C

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

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