#AE997E#AE997E

#AE997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.045 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE997E
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(34, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 27.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 3.52, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 17.42, 78.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0126 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.045 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6130, 33.2885, 24.4420)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE997E #7E93AE

analogous

#AE817E #AE997E #ABAE7E

triadic

#AE997E #7EAE99 #997EAE

tetradic

#AE997E #7EAE81 #7E93AE #AE7EAB

square

#AE997E #7EAE81 #7E93AE #AE7EAB

split-complementary

#AE997E #7EABAE #817EAE

monochromatic

#6D5B45 #937B5C #AE997E #C6B7A4 #DDD4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE997E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE997E	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.045 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7a3',
    500: '#ae997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae997e;
$custom-light: #c6b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6944,
    "c": 0.04531,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE997E

secondary

#BAC3CD

accent

#8EBF68

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE997E

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

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