#AE985D#AE985D

#AE985D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.082 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE985D
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 0.04, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 33.94, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0004 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.082 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6605, 32.2468, 14.9630)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE985D #5D73AE

analogous

#AE705D #AE985D #9BAE5D

triadic

#AE985D #5DAE98 #985DAE

tetradic

#AE985D #5DAE70 #5D73AE #AE5D9B

square

#AE985D #5DAE70 #5D73AE #AE5D9B

split-complementary

#AE985D #5D9BAE #705DAE

monochromatic

#605330 #897745 #AE985D #C2B286 #D7CCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE985D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE985D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE985D

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE985D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE985D	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)

#A49658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae985d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.082 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68c',
    500: '#ae985d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae985d;
$custom-light: #c8b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae985d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.704,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE985D

secondary

#A2ABC5

accent

#7BC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE985D

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

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