#AE9986#AE9986

#AE9986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.037 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9986
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(29, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 4.68, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 13.67, 69.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0159 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.037 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1500, 33.5033, 27.2702)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9986 #869BAE

analogous

#AE8687 #AE9986 #AEAD86

triadic

#AE9986 #86AE99 #9986AE

tetradic

#AE9986 #87AE86 #869BAE #AD86AE

square

#AE9986 #87AE86 #869BAE #AD86AE

split-complementary

#AE9986 #86AEAD #8687AE

monochromatic

#6F5C4A #947A63 #AE9986 #C7B8AB #DFD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AE9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9986

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9986	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.037 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7a9',
    500: '#ae9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9986;
$custom-light: #c6b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.5,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69632,
    "c": 0.03676,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9986

secondary

#C0C8D0

accent

#759E47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9986

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

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