#AE997D#AE997D

#AE997D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.046 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE997D
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(34, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 3.38, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 17.91, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0121 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.046 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5488, 33.2629, 24.1039)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE997D #7D92AE

analogous

#AE807D #AE997D #AAAE7D

triadic

#AE997D #7DAE99 #997DAE

tetradic

#AE997D #7DAE80 #7D92AE #AE7DAA

square

#AE997D #7DAE80 #7D92AE #AE7DAA

split-complementary

#AE997D #7DAAAE #807DAE

monochromatic

#6D5B44 #937B5B #AE997D #C5B7A3 #DDD4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE997D

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE997D	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.046 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7a2',
    500: '#ae997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae997d;
$custom-light: #c6b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69417,
    "c": 0.04643,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE997D

secondary

#BAC2CD

accent

#8EC068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE997D

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

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