#AE8A73#AE8A73

#AE8A73 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.055 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A73
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(23, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 10.35, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 20.36, 59.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0322 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.055 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6393, 28.4149, 20.1397)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A73 #7397AE

analogous

#AE737A #AE8A73 #AEA873

triadic

#AE8A73 #73AE8A #8A73AE

tetradic

#AE8A73 #7AAE73 #7397AE #A873AE

square

#AE8A73 #7AAE73 #7397AE #A873AE

split-complementary

#AE8A73 #73AEA8 #737AAE

monochromatic

#6A4E3D #906B53 #AE8A73 #C4AA9A #DBCBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AE8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A73

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A73	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)

#948D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.055 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9b',
    500: '#ae8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a73;
$custom-light: #c7ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.39,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66132,
    "c": 0.05499,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A73

secondary

#B2C1CA

accent

#9EC365

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A73

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

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