#AE995B#AE995B

#AE995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.085 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE995B
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -0.71, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 35.30, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0019 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.085 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7361, 32.5378, 14.5569)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE995B #5B70AE

analogous

#AE6F5B #AE995B #9AAE5B

triadic

#AE995B #5BAE99 #995BAE

tetradic

#AE995B #5BAE6F #5B70AE #AE5B9A

square

#AE995B #5BAE6F #5B70AE #AE5B9A

split-complementary

#AE995B #5B9AAE #6F5BAE

monochromatic

#5F532F #887743 #AE995B #C2B284 #D6CCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE995B

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE995B	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.085 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68a',
    500: '#ae995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae995b;
$custom-light: #c8b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.819,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68762,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE995B

secondary

#A0A9C5

accent

#79CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE995B

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

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