#AE8A75#AE8A75

#AE8A75 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.053 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A75
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(22, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 32.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 10.61, 16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 19.58, 57.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0331 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.053 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7556, 28.4614, 20.7524)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A75 #7599AE

analogous

#AE757D #AE8A75 #AEA675

triadic

#AE8A75 #75AE8A #8A75AE

tetradic

#AE8A75 #7DAE75 #7599AE #A675AE

square

#AE8A75 #7DAE75 #7599AE #A675AE

split-complementary

#AE8A75 #75AEA6 #757DAE

monochromatic

#6A4F3E #916B55 #AE8A75 #C5AB9C #DBCBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A75

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A75	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)

#948D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.053 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9c',
    500: '#ae8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a75;
$custom-light: #c7ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66178,
    "c": 0.05343,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A75

secondary

#B4C2CB

accent

#A0C265

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A75

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

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