#AE8A70#AE8A70

#AE8A70 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.057 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A70
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(25, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 9.96, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 21.58, 62.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.031 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.057 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4694, 28.3469, 19.2453)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A70 #7094AE

analogous

#AE7075 #AE8A70 #AEA970

triadic

#AE8A70 #70AE8A #8A70AE

tetradic

#AE8A70 #75AE70 #7094AE #A970AE

square

#AE8A70 #75AE70 #7094AE #A970AE

split-complementary

#AE8A70 #70AEA9 #7075AE

monochromatic

#684E3B #906B51 #AE8A70 #C4AA97 #DACABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AE8A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A70

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A70	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.057 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac99',
    500: '#ae8a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a70;
$custom-light: #c7ac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.05746,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A70

secondary

#B0BFCA

accent

#9CC464

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A70

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

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