#AE9755#AE9755

#AE9755 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.090 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9755
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -0.19, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 37.66, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0011 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.09 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1629, 31.7891, 13.1397)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9755 #556CAE

analogous

#AE6A55 #AE9755 #98AE55

triadic

#AE9755 #55AE97 #9755AE

tetradic

#AE9755 #55AE6A #556CAE #AE5598

square

#AE9755 #55AE6A #556CAE #AE5598

split-complementary

#AE9755 #5598AE #6A55AE

monochromatic

#5D502C #867440 #AE9755 #C2B07E #D5CAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE9755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE9755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9755

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9755	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.090 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b586',
    500: '#ae9755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9755;
$custom-light: #c8b586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.494,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9755

secondary

#9CA6C3

accent

#79CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9755

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

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