#AEA281#AEA281

#AEA281 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.048 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA281
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(44, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 25.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -0.97, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 18.80, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0004 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.048 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3385, 36.4251, 25.9865)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA281 #818DAE

analogous

#AE8C81 #AEA281 #A4AE81

triadic

#AEA281 #81AEA2 #A281AE

tetradic

#AEA281 #81AE8C #818DAE #AE81A4

square

#AEA281 #81AE8C #818DAE #AE81A4

split-complementary

#AEA281 #81A4AE #8C81AE

monochromatic

#6E6347 #93855F #AEA281 #C6BDA6 #DED9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA281

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA281	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.048 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bda5',
    500: '#aea281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea281;
$custom-light: #c6bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.04775,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA281

secondary

#BDC1CE

accent

#80BE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA281

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

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