#AE9983#AE9983

#AE9983 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.040 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9983
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(31, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 24.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 4.24, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 15.03, 73.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0147 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.04 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9437, 33.4208, 26.1838)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9983 #8398AE

analogous

#AE8483 #AE9983 #AEAE83

triadic

#AE9983 #83AE99 #9983AE

tetradic

#AE9983 #83AE84 #8398AE #AE83AE

square

#AE9983 #83AE84 #8398AE #AE83AE

split-complementary

#AE9983 #83AEAE #8483AE

monochromatic

#6E5C48 #937A60 #AE9983 #C6B7A8 #DED6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9983

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9983	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.040 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7a7',
    500: '#ae9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9983;
$custom-light: #c6b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.698,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9983

secondary

#BEC6CF

accent

#93BE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9983

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

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