#AE9E8B#AE9E8B

#AE9E8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.033 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E8B
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(33, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 2.70, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 12.36, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0101 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.033 72)
XYZ	xyz(34.3426, 35.3173, 29.4289)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E8B #8B9BAE

analogous

#AE8D8B #AE9E8B #ADAE8B

triadic

#AE9E8B #8BAE9E #9E8BAE

tetradic

#AE9E8B #8BAE8D #8B9BAE #AE8BAD

square

#AE9E8B #8BAE8D #8B9BAE #AE8BAD

split-complementary

#AE9E8B #8BADAE #8D8BAE

monochromatic

#70614E #948068 #AE9E8B #C7BCAF #E0DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE9E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AE9E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E8B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E8B	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.033 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6baac',
    500: '#ae9e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e8b;
$custom-light: #c6baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 17.766,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.03279,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.35316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E8B

secondary

#C4CAD1

accent

#6F9C49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E8B

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

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