#AE9869#AE9869

#AE9869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.069 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9869
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(41, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 1.36, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 27.77, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0053 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.069 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2344, 32.4763, 17.9851)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9869 #697FAE

analogous

#AE7669 #AE9869 #A1AE69

triadic

#AE9869 #69AE98 #9869AE

tetradic

#AE9869 #69AE76 #697FAE #AE69A1

square

#AE9869 #69AE76 #697FAE #AE69A1

split-complementary

#AE9869 #69A1AE #7669AE

monochromatic

#665737 #8D794C #AE9869 #C3B391 #D9CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9869

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9869	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.069 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b694',
    500: '#ae9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9869;
$custom-light: #c7b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68793,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9869

secondary

#ABB4C8

accent

#82C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9869

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

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