#AE9E96#AE9E96

#AE9E96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.022 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E96
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(20, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 4.47, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 7.72, 54.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0147 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.022 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1871, 35.6551, 33.8768)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E96 #96A6AE

analogous

#AE969A #AE9E96 #AEAA96

triadic

#AE9E96 #96AE9E #9E96AE

tetradic

#AE9E96 #9AAE96 #96A6AE #AA96AE

square

#AE9E96 #9AAE96 #96A6AE #AA96AE

split-complementary

#AE9E96 #96AEAA #969AAE

monochromatic

#726058 #937E73 #AE9E96 #C9BEB9 #E3DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AE9E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AE9E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E96

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E96	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.022 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bab4',
    500: '#ae9e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e96;
$custom-light: #c6bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7108,
    "c": 0.02212,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E96

secondary

#CCD1D4

accent

#7F974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E96

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

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