#AE9756#AE9756

#AE9756 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.089 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9756
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -0.10, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 37.16, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0007 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.089 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2029, 31.8051, 13.3504)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9756 #566DAE

analogous

#AE6B56 #AE9756 #99AE56

triadic

#AE9756 #56AE97 #9756AE

tetradic

#AE9756 #56AE6B #566DAE #AE5699

square

#AE9756 #56AE6B #566DAE #AE5699

split-complementary

#AE9756 #5699AE #6B56AE

monochromatic

#5D502D #867440 #AE9756 #C2B07F #D6CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE9756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE9756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9756

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9756	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)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.089 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b587',
    500: '#ae9756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9756;
$custom-light: #c8b587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.318,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68264,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9756

secondary

#9CA7C3

accent

#79CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9756

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

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