#AE985A#AE985A

#AE985A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE985A
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -0.26, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 35.47, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0008 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.085 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5303, 32.1947, 14.2769)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE985A #5A70AE

analogous

#AE6E5A #AE985A #9AAE5A

triadic

#AE985A #5AAE98 #985AAE

tetradic

#AE985A #5AAE6E #5A70AE #AE5A9A

square

#AE985A #5AAE6E #5A70AE #AE5A9A

split-complementary

#AE985A #5A9AAE #6E5AAE

monochromatic

#5F522F #887643 #AE985A #C2B283 #D6CBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE985A

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE985A	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68a',
    500: '#ae985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae985a;
$custom-light: #c8b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68535,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE985A

secondary

#9FA9C4

accent

#7ACA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE985A

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

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