#AE998E#AE998E

#AE998E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.030 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE998E
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(21, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 5.92, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 10.46, 55.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0193 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.03 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7292, 33.7350, 30.3207)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE998E #8EA3AE

analogous

#AE8E93 #AE998E #AEA98E

triadic

#AE998E #8EAE99 #998EAE

tetradic

#AE998E #93AE8E #8EA3AE #A98EAE

square

#AE998E #93AE8E #8EA3AE #A98EAE

split-complementary

#AE998E #8EAEA9 #8E93AE

monochromatic

#715C51 #94796A #AE998E #C8B9B2 #E1D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AE998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE998E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE998E	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.030 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7af',
    500: '#ae998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae998e;
$custom-light: #c6b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.625,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69839,
    "c": 0.02963,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE998E

secondary

#C6CED2

accent

#7F9B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE998E

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

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