#AE8A72#AE8A72

#AE8A72 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.056 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A72
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(24, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 10.22, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 20.76, 60.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0318 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.056 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5820, 28.3920, 19.8383)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A72 #7296AE

analogous

#AE7278 #AE8A72 #AEA872

triadic

#AE8A72 #72AE8A #8A72AE

tetradic

#AE8A72 #78AE72 #7296AE #A872AE

square

#AE8A72 #78AE72 #7296AE #A872AE

split-complementary

#AE8A72 #72AEA8 #7278AE

monochromatic

#694E3C #906B53 #AE8A72 #C4AA99 #DBCBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AE8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A72

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A72	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.056 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9a',
    500: '#ae8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a72;
$custom-light: #c7ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66109,
    "c": 0.05579,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A72

secondary

#B2C0CA

accent

#9DC364

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A72

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

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