#AE9873#AE9873

#AE9873 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.057 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9873
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 2.58, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 22.64, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0095 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.057 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7789, 32.6941, 20.8530)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9873 #7389AE

analogous

#AE7B73 #AE9873 #A7AE73

triadic

#AE9873 #73AE98 #9873AE

tetradic

#AE9873 #73AE7B #7389AE #AE73A7

square

#AE9873 #73AE7B #7389AE #AE73A7

split-complementary

#AE9873 #73A7AE #7B73AE

monochromatic

#6A593D #907A53 #AE9873 #C4B59A #DBD1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9873

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9873	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.057 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b69b',
    500: '#ae9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9873;
$custom-light: #c7b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.0573,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9873

secondary

#B2BBCA

accent

#88C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9873

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

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