#AE9961#AE9961

#AE9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.079 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9961
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -0.09, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 32.23, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0005 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.079 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0053, 32.6455, 15.9750)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9961 #6176AE

analogous

#AE7261 #AE9961 #9DAE61

triadic

#AE9961 #61AE99 #9961AE

tetradic

#AE9961 #61AE72 #6176AE #AE619D

square

#AE9961 #61AE72 #6176AE #AE619D

split-complementary

#AE9961 #619DAE #7261AE

monochromatic

#625532 #8B7847 #AE9961 #C3B389 #D7CDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9961

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9961	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)

#A5975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.079 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68f',
    500: '#ae9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9961;
$custom-light: #c8b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6886,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9961

secondary

#A5AEC6

accent

#7CC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9961

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

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