#AE9C8A#AE9C8A

#AE9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.033 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C8A
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(30, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 3.64, 11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 12.39, 72.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0129 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.033 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9315, 34.6114, 28.9331)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C8A #8A9CAE

analogous

#AE8A8A #AE9C8A #AEAE8A

triadic

#AE9C8A #8AAE9C #9C8AAE

tetradic

#AE9C8A #8AAE8A #8A9CAE #AE8AAE

square

#AE9C8A #8AAE8A #8A9CAE #AE8AAE

split-complementary

#AE9C8A #8AAEAE #8A8AAE

monochromatic

#705F4E #947D67 #AE9C8A #C7BBAE #E0D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AE9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#AE9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C8A

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C8A	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.033 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9ac',
    500: '#ae9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c8a;
$custom-light: #c6b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70351,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C8A

secondary

#C3CAD1

accent

#739C49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C8A

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

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