#AE9E8E#AE9E8E

#AE9E8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.030 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E8E
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(30, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 3.17, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 10.95, 73.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0114 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.03 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5648, 35.4062, 30.5992)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E8E #8E9EAE

analogous

#AE8E8E #AE9E8E #AEAE8E

triadic

#AE9E8E #8EAE9E #9E8EAE

tetradic

#AE9E8E #8EAE8E #8E9EAE #AE8EAE

square

#AE9E8E #8EAE8E #8E9EAE #AE8EAE

split-complementary

#AE9E8E #8EAEAE #8E8EAE

monochromatic

#716151 #947F6A #AE9E8E #C8BDB2 #E1DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE9E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AE9E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E8E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E8E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.030 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6baaf',
    500: '#ae9e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e8e;
$custom-light: #c6baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70866,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E8E

secondary

#C6CCD2

accent

#739B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E8E

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