#AE997B#AE997B

#AE997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.049 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE997B
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(35, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 29%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 29.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 3.10, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 18.90, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0113 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.049 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4223, 33.2123, 23.4378)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE997B #7B90AE

analogous

#AE7F7B #AE997B #A9AE7B

triadic

#AE997B #7BAE99 #997BAE

tetradic

#AE997B #7BAE7F #7B90AE #AE7BA9

square

#AE997B #7BAE7F #7B90AE #AE7BA9

split-complementary

#AE997B #7BA9AE #7F7BAE

monochromatic

#6C5B42 #927B5A #AE997B #C5B6A1 #DDD4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AE997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE997B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE997B	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.049 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7a1',
    500: '#ae997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae997b;
$custom-light: #c7b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.04869,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE997B

secondary

#B8C1CD

accent

#8CC067

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE997B

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

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