#AE9178#AE9178

#AE9178 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.050 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9178
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(28, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 7.11, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 18.75, 67.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0229 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.05 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9717, 30.6068, 22.0419)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9178 #7895AE

analogous

#AE787A #AE9178 #AEAC78

triadic

#AE9178 #78AE91 #9178AE

tetradic

#AE9178 #7AAE78 #7895AE #AC78AE

square

#AE9178 #7AAE78 #7895AE #AC78AE

split-complementary

#AE9178 #78AEAC #787AAE

monochromatic

#6B5440 #917257 #AE9178 #C5B09E #DCCFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AE9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9178

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9178	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.050 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b19f',
    500: '#ae9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9178;
$custom-light: #c7b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.778,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6766,
    "c": 0.04975,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9178

secondary

#B6C2CC

accent

#97C166

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F5F2

border

#D1CFCC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9178

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

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