#AE8A76#AE8A76

#AE8A76 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.053 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A76
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(21, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 10.75, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 19.21, 55.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0335 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.053 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8147, 28.4851, 21.0637)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A76 #769AAE

analogous

#AE767E #AE8A76 #AEA676

triadic

#AE8A76 #76AE8A #8A76AE

tetradic

#AE8A76 #7EAE76 #769AAE #A676AE

square

#AE8A76 #7EAE76 #769AAE #A676AE

split-complementary

#AE8A76 #76AEA6 #767EAE

monochromatic

#6B4F3F #916B56 #AE8A76 #C5AB9C #DBCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A76

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A76	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.053 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9d',
    500: '#ae8a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a76;
$custom-light: #c7ac9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.05268,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A76

secondary

#B5C3CB

accent

#A1C266

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A76

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

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