#AE8A77#AE8A77

#AE8A77 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.052 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A77
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 119)
HSL	hsl(21, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 31.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 10.88, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 18.85, 54.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0339 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.052 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8744, 28.5089, 21.3784)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A77 #779BAE

analogous

#AE7780 #AE8A77 #AEA677

triadic

#AE8A77 #77AE8A #8A77AE

tetradic

#AE8A77 #80AE77 #779BAE #A677AE

square

#AE8A77 #80AE77 #779BAE #A677AE

split-complementary

#AE8A77 #77AEA6 #7780AE

monochromatic

#6B4F40 #916B57 #AE8A77 #C5AB9D #DCCCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A77

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A77	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#948D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.052 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9e',
    500: '#ae8a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a77;
$custom-light: #c7ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 25.346,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.05195,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A77

secondary

#B5C4CC

accent

#A2C266

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A77

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

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