#AE985C#AE985C

#AE985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.083 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE985C
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(44, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 47.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -0.06, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 34.45, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.083 90)
XYZ	xyz(30.6165, 32.2292, 14.7313)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE985C #5C72AE

analogous

#AE6F5C #AE985C #9BAE5C

triadic

#AE985C #5CAE98 #985CAE

tetradic

#AE985C #5CAE6F #5C72AE #AE5C9B

square

#AE985C #5CAE6F #5C72AE #AE5C9B

split-complementary

#AE985C #5C9BAE #6F5CAE

monochromatic

#605330 #897644 #AE985C #C2B285 #D7CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE985C

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE985C	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.083 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68b',
    500: '#ae985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae985c;
$custom-light: #c8b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68567,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.32228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE985C

secondary

#A1ABC5

accent

#7BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE985C

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

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