#AE9D70#AE9D70

#AE9D70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.064 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D70
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 112)
HSL	hsl(44, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -0.53, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 25.85, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0003 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.064 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4377, 34.2835, 20.2348)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D70 #7081AE

analogous

#AE7E70 #AE9D70 #A0AE70

triadic

#AE9D70 #70AE9D #9D70AE

tetradic

#AE9D70 #70AE7E #7081AE #AE70A0

square

#AE9D70 #70AE7E #7081AE #AE70A0

split-complementary

#AE9D70 #70A0AE #7E70AE

monochromatic

#685C3B #907E51 #AE9D70 #C4B897 #DAD3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AE9D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AE9D70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D70

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D70	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.064 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b999',
    500: '#ae9d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d70;
$custom-light: #c7b999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D70

secondary

#B0B7CA

accent

#7EC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D70

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

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