#AE988E#AE988E

#AE988E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.030 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE988E
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(19, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(19, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 6.48, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 10.49, 51.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0209 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.03 46)
XYZ	xyz(33.5662, 33.4090, 30.2664)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE988E #8EA4AE

analogous

#AE8E94 #AE988E #AEA88E

triadic

#AE988E #8EAE98 #988EAE

tetradic

#AE988E #94AE8E #8EA4AE #A88EAE

square

#AE988E #94AE8E #8EA4AE #A88EAE

split-complementary

#AE988E #8EAEA8 #8E94AE

monochromatic

#715B51 #94786A #AE988E #C8B8B2 #E1D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE988E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE988E	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.030 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b6af',
    500: '#ae988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae988e;
$custom-light: #c6b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69634,
    "c": 0.03,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.33408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE988E

secondary

#C6CED2

accent

#829B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE988E

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

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