#AE9979#AE9979

#AE9979 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.051 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9979
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 2.83, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 19.90, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0104 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.051 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2984, 33.1627, 22.7851)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9979 #798EAE

analogous

#AE7E79 #AE9979 #A8AE79

triadic

#AE9979 #79AE99 #9979AE

tetradic

#AE9979 #79AE7E #798EAE #AE79A8

square

#AE9979 #79AE7E #798EAE #AE79A8

split-complementary

#AE9979 #79A8AE #7E79AE

monochromatic

#6C5B41 #927B58 #AE9979 #C5B69F #DCD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AE9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9979

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9979	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.051 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7a0',
    500: '#ae9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9979;
$custom-light: #c7b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.05097,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9979

secondary

#B7BFCC

accent

#8BC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9979

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

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