#AE9969#AE9969

#AE9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.069 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9969
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 0.81, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 28.10, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0037 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.069 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3973, 32.8023, 18.0395)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9969 #697EAE

analogous

#AE7769 #AE9969 #A1AE69

triadic

#AE9969 #69AE99 #9969AE

tetradic

#AE9969 #69AE77 #697EAE #AE69A1

square

#AE9969 #69AE77 #697EAE #AE69A1

split-complementary

#AE9969 #69A1AE #7769AE

monochromatic

#665737 #8D7A4C #AE9969 #C3B491 #D9CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AE9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9969

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9969	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.069 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b694',
    500: '#ae9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9969;
$custom-light: #c7b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9969

secondary

#ABB4C8

accent

#80C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9969

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

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