#AE9971#AE9971

#AE9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.060 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9971
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(39, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 35.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 1.78, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 23.97, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0071 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.06 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8280, 32.9745, 20.3077)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9971 #7186AE

analogous

#AE7B71 #AE9971 #A5AE71

triadic

#AE9971 #71AE99 #9971AE

tetradic

#AE9971 #71AE7B #7186AE #AE71A5

square

#AE9971 #71AE7B #7186AE #AE71A5

split-complementary

#AE9971 #71A5AE #7B71AE

monochromatic

#69593C #907B52 #AE9971 #C4B598 #DAD1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AE9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9971

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9971	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.060 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b79a',
    500: '#ae9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9971;
$custom-light: #c7b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.344,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69158,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9971

secondary

#B1B9CA

accent

#85C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9971

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

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