#AE8A7E#AE8A7E

#AE8A7E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.048 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A7E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(15, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 27.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 11.86, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 16.61, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0369 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.048 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3104, 28.6833, 23.6745)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A7E #7EA2AE

analogous

#AE7E8A #AE8A7E #AEA27E

triadic

#AE8A7E #7EAE8A #8A7EAE

tetradic

#AE8A7E #8AAE7E #7EA2AE #A27EAE

square

#AE8A7E #8AAE7E #7EA2AE #A27EAE

split-complementary

#AE8A7E #7EAEA2 #7E8AAE

monochromatic

#6D4F45 #936A5C #AE8A7E #C6ACA4 #DDCEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AE8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AE8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A7E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A7E	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B957E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.048 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aca3',
    500: '#ae8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a7e;
$custom-light: #c7aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66397,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A7E

secondary

#BAC9CD

accent

#AABF68

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F3

border

#D1CECD

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A7E

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

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