#AE9769#AE9769

#AE9769 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.068 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9769
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 1.90, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 27.46, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0069 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.068 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0727, 32.1531, 17.9313)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9769 #6980AE

analogous

#AE7569 #AE9769 #A3AE69

triadic

#AE9769 #69AE97 #9769AE

tetradic

#AE9769 #69AE75 #6980AE #AE69A3

square

#AE9769 #69AE75 #6980AE #AE69A3

split-complementary

#AE9769 #69A3AE #7569AE

monochromatic

#665637 #8D784C #AE9769 #C3B391 #D9CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AE9769 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9769

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9769	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.068 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b594',
    500: '#ae9769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9769;
$custom-light: #c7b594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9769

secondary

#ABB5C8

accent

#83C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9769

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

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