#AE8E4E#AE8E4E

#AE8E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.091 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E4E
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 4.12, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 38.51, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0106 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.091 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5050, 28.8963, 11.2824)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E4E #4E6EAE

analogous

#AE5E4E #AE8E4E #9EAE4E

triadic

#AE8E4E #4EAE8E #8E4EAE

tetradic

#AE8E4E #4EAE5E #4E6EAE #AE4E9E

square

#AE8E4E #4EAE5E #4E6EAE #AE4E9E

split-complementary

#AE8E4E #4E9EAE #5E4EAE

monochromatic

#594928 #846C3B #AE8E4E #C2A977 #D5C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AE8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E4E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E4E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.091 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae81',
    500: '#ae8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e4e;
$custom-light: #c9ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66268,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E4E

secondary

#96A5C2

accent

#81CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E4E

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

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