#AEA494#AEA494

#AEA494 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.025 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA494
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(37, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 14.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 0.85, 9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 9.64, 84.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0045 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.025 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0760, 37.6883, 33.3853)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA494 #949EAE

analogous

#AE9794 #AEA494 #ABAE94

triadic

#AEA494 #94AEA4 #A494AE

tetradic

#AEA494 #94AE97 #949EAE #AE94AB

square

#AEA494 #94AE97 #949EAE #AE94AB

split-complementary

#AEA494 #94ABAE #9794AE

monochromatic

#726756 #948671 #AEA494 #C8C2B7 #E3DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA494

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA494	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.025 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6beb3',
    500: '#aea494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea494;
$custom-light: #c6beb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.0254,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA494

secondary

#CACED4

accent

#6A984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA494

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

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