#AE985E#AE985E

#AE985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.081 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE985E
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 0.14, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 33.43, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0008 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.081 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7051, 32.2646, 15.1978)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE985E #5E74AE

analogous

#AE705E #AE985E #9CAE5E

triadic

#AE985E #5EAE98 #985EAE

tetradic

#AE985E #5EAE70 #5E74AE #AE5E9C

square

#AE985E #5EAE70 #5E74AE #AE5E9C

split-complementary

#AE985E #5E9CAE #705EAE

monochromatic

#615431 #8A7745 #AE985E #C2B287 #D7CCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE985E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE985E	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)

#A49659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.081 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68c',
    500: '#ae985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae985e;
$custom-light: #c8b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68599,
    "c": 0.08107,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE985E

secondary

#A3ACC5

accent

#7CC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE985E

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

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