#AE8F56#AE8F56

#AE8F56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.084 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F56
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 4.29, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 34.81, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0121 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.084 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9589, 29.3170, 12.9357)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F56 #5675AE

analogous

#AE6356 #AE8F56 #A1AE56

triadic

#AE8F56 #56AE8F #8F56AE

tetradic

#AE8F56 #56AE63 #5675AE #AE56A1

square

#AE8F56 #56AE63 #5675AE #AE56A1

split-complementary

#AE8F56 #56A1AE #6356AE

monochromatic

#5D4C2D #866E40 #AE8F56 #C2AA7F #D6C6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#AE8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F56

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F56	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.084 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8af87',
    500: '#ae8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f56;
$custom-light: #c8af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.864,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66594,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F56

secondary

#9CAAC3

accent

#84CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F56

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

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