#AE9687#AE9687

#AE9687 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.036 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9687
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 135)
HSL	hsl(23, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 6.49, 11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 12.95, 59.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0211 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.036 54)
XYZ	xyz(32.7352, 32.5617, 27.4776)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9687 #879FAE

analogous

#AE878B #AE9687 #AEA987

triadic

#AE9687 #87AE96 #9687AE

tetradic

#AE9687 #8BAE87 #879FAE #A987AE

square

#AE9687 #8BAE87 #879FAE #A987AE

split-complementary

#AE9687 #87AEA9 #878BAE

monochromatic

#6F594B #947664 #AE9687 #C7B6AC #DFD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE9687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE9687 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9687

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9687	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.036 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b4aa',
    500: '#ae9687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9687;
$custom-light: #c6b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.03593,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.32561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9687

secondary

#C1CAD0

accent

#7D9E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9687

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

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