#AE8A78#AE8A78

#AE8A78 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.051 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A78
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(20, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(20, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 11.02, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 18.49, 53.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0343 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.051 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9348, 28.5331, 21.6963)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A78 #789CAE

analogous

#AE7881 #AE8A78 #AEA578

triadic

#AE8A78 #78AE8A #8A78AE

tetradic

#AE8A78 #81AE78 #789CAE #A578AE

square

#AE8A78 #81AE78 #789CAE #A578AE

split-complementary

#AE8A78 #78AEA5 #7881AE

monochromatic

#6B4F40 #916B57 #AE8A78 #C5AB9E #DCCCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AE8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A78

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A78	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.051 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9f',
    500: '#ae8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a78;
$custom-light: #c7ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66249,
    "c": 0.05125,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A78

secondary

#B6C5CC

accent

#A3C166

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A78

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

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