#AE8A79#AE8A79

#AE8A79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.051 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A79
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(19, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 11.15, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 18.15, 52.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0348 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.051 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9958, 28.5575, 22.0176)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A79 #799DAE

analogous

#AE7982 #AE8A79 #AEA479

triadic

#AE8A79 #79AE8A #8A79AE

tetradic

#AE8A79 #82AE79 #799DAE #A479AE

square

#AE8A79 #82AE79 #799DAE #A479AE

split-complementary

#AE8A79 #79AEA4 #7982AE

monochromatic

#6C4F41 #926B58 #AE8A79 #C5AB9F #DCCDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AE8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A79

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A79	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)

#938D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.051 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac9f',
    500: '#ae8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a79;
$custom-light: #c7ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.245,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66273,
    "c": 0.05057,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A79

secondary

#B7C5CC

accent

#A4C167

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A79

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

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