#AE9974#AE9974

#AE9974 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.057 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9974
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 33.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 2.16, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 22.43, 84.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0083 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.057 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9997, 33.0432, 21.2120)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9974 #7489AE

analogous

#AE7C74 #AE9974 #A6AE74

triadic

#AE9974 #74AE99 #9974AE

tetradic

#AE9974 #74AE7C #7489AE #AE74A6

square

#AE9974 #74AE7C #7489AE #AE74A6

split-complementary

#AE9974 #74A6AE #7C74AE

monochromatic

#6A5A3E #917B54 #AE9974 #C5B59B #DBD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9974

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9974	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.057 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b79c',
    500: '#ae9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9974;
$custom-light: #c7b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6922,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9974

secondary

#B3BCCB

accent

#87C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9974

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

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