#AE9280#AE9280

#AE9280 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.043 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9280
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 128)
HSL	hsl(23, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 26.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 7.68, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 15.49, 60.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0246 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.043 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6311, 31.1161, 24.7577)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9280 #809CAE

analogous

#AE8085 #AE9280 #AEA980

triadic

#AE9280 #80AE92 #9280AE

tetradic

#AE9280 #85AE80 #809CAE #A980AE

square

#AE9280 #85AE80 #809CAE #A980AE

split-complementary

#AE9280 #80AEA9 #8085AE

monochromatic

#6E5546 #93735E #AE9280 #C6B2A5 #DED2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE9280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9280

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9280	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A947F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.043 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b2a4',
    500: '#ae9280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9280;
$custom-light: #c7b2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68054,
    "c": 0.04252,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9280

secondary

#BCC7CE

accent

#9DBF69

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F5F4

border

#D1CFCE

text

#13100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9280

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

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