#AE8B56#AE8B56

#AE8B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.082 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B56
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 6.51, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 33.87, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0186 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.082 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3691, 28.1374, 12.7391)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B56 #5679AE

analogous

#AE5F56 #AE8B56 #A5AE56

triadic

#AE8B56 #56AE8B #8B56AE

tetradic

#AE8B56 #56AE5F #5679AE #AE56A5

square

#AE8B56 #56AE5F #5679AE #AE56A5

split-complementary

#AE8B56 #56A5AE #5F56AE

monochromatic

#5D4A2D #866B40 #AE8B56 #C2A77F #D6C4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B56

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B56	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.082 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac86',
    500: '#ae8b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b56;
$custom-light: #c8ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.136,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65771,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B56

secondary

#9CACC3

accent

#89CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B56

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

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