#AE8A74#AE8A74

#AE8A74 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.054 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A74
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(23, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 33.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 10.48, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 19.97, 58.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0327 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.054 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6971, 28.4380, 20.4444)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A74 #7498AE

analogous

#AE747B #AE8A74 #AEA774

triadic

#AE8A74 #74AE8A #8A74AE

tetradic

#AE8A74 #7BAE74 #7498AE #A774AE

square

#AE8A74 #7BAE74 #7498AE #A774AE

split-complementary

#AE8A74 #74AEA7 #747BAE

monochromatic

#6A4E3E #916B54 #AE8A74 #C5AB9B #DBCBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A74

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A74	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.054 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9c',
    500: '#ae8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a74;
$custom-light: #c7ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66155,
    "c": 0.0542,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A74

secondary

#B3C2CB

accent

#9FC365

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A74

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

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