#AE985B#AE985B

#AE985B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.084 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE985B
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -0.16, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 34.96, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0004 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.084 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5731, 32.2118, 14.5026)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE985B #5B71AE

analogous

#AE6E5B #AE985B #9BAE5B

triadic

#AE985B #5BAE98 #985BAE

tetradic

#AE985B #5BAE6E #5B71AE #AE5B9B

square

#AE985B #5BAE6E #5B71AE #AE5B9B

split-complementary

#AE985B #5B9BAE #6E5BAE

monochromatic

#5F532F #887643 #AE985B #C2B284 #D6CBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE985B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE985B	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)

#A49656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.084 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68a',
    500: '#ae985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae985b;
$custom-light: #c8b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68551,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE985B

secondary

#A0AAC5

accent

#7ACA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE985B

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

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