#AE9C6D#AE9C6D

#AE9C6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.067 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C6D
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -0.35, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 27.06, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0006 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.067 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1050, 33.8808, 19.3135)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C6D #6D7FAE

analogous

#AE7C6D #AE9C6D #9FAE6D

triadic

#AE9C6D #6DAE9C #9C6DAE

tetradic

#AE9C6D #6DAE7C #6D7FAE #AE6D9F

square

#AE9C6D #6DAE7C #6D7FAE #AE6D9F

split-complementary

#AE9C6D #6D9FAE #7C6DAE

monochromatic

#675B39 #8F7D4F #AE9C6D #C4B794 #DAD1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE9C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AE9C6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C6D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C6D	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.067 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b997',
    500: '#ae9c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c6d;
$custom-light: #c7b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69708,
    "c": 0.06711,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C6D

secondary

#AEB5C9

accent

#7EC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C6D

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

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