#AE978D#AE978D

#AE978D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.031 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE978D
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(18, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 19%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 6.87, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 10.86, 50.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.022 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.031 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3299, 33.0559, 29.8188)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE978D #8DA4AE

analogous

#AE8D94 #AE978D #AEA88D

triadic

#AE978D #8DAE97 #978DAE

tetradic

#AE978D #94AE8D #8DA4AE #A88DAE

square

#AE978D #94AE8D #8DA4AE #A88DAE

split-complementary

#AE978D #8DAEA8 #8D94AE

monochromatic

#715A50 #947669 #AE978D #C7B8B1 #E1D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE978D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE978D	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.031 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5ae',
    500: '#ae978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae978d;
$custom-light: #c6b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 16.923,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69404,
    "c": 0.03111,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE978D

secondary

#C5CED2

accent

#839B4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE978D

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

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