#AE8A7A#AE8A7A

#AE8A7A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.050 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A7A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 122)
HSL	hsl(18, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 29.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 11.29, 13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 17.81, 50.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0352 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.05 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0575, 28.5822, 22.3422)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A7A #7A9EAE

analogous

#AE7A84 #AE8A7A #AEA47A

triadic

#AE8A7A #7AAE8A #8A7AAE

tetradic

#AE8A7A #84AE7A #7A9EAE #A47AAE

square

#AE8A7A #84AE7A #7A9EAE #A47AAE

split-complementary

#AE8A7A #7AAEA4 #7A84AE

monochromatic

#6C4F42 #926A59 #AE8A7A #C5ABA0 #DCCDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AE8A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A7A

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A7A	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B957A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.050 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca0',
    500: '#ae8a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a7a;
$custom-light: #c7aca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 24.299,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66298,
    "c": 0.04991,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A7A

secondary

#B8C6CC

accent

#A5C167

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A7A

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

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