#AE9960#AE9960

#AE9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.080 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9960
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -0.19, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 32.74, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.08 90)
XYZ	xyz(30.9590, 32.6269, 15.7309)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9960 #6075AE

analogous

#AE7260 #AE9960 #9CAE60

triadic

#AE9960 #60AE99 #9960AE

tetradic

#AE9960 #60AE72 #6075AE #AE609C

square

#AE9960 #60AE72 #6075AE #AE609C

split-complementary

#AE9960 #609CAE #7260AE

monochromatic

#625532 #8A7846 #AE9960 #C3B389 #D7CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9960

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9960	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5975C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.080 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68e',
    500: '#ae9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9960;
$custom-light: #c8b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.07963,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.32626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9960

secondary

#A4ADC6

accent

#7CC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9960

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

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