#AEA496#AEA496

#AEA496 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.023 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA496
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(35, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 1.18, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 8.64, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0054 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.023 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2356, 37.7521, 34.2263)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA496 #96A0AE

analogous

#AE9896 #AEA496 #ACAE96

triadic

#AEA496 #96AEA4 #A496AE

tetradic

#AEA496 #96AE98 #96A0AE #AE96AC

square

#AEA496 #96AE98 #96A0AE #AE96AC

split-complementary

#AEA496 #96ACAE #9896AE

monochromatic

#726758 #938673 #AEA496 #C9C2B9 #E3E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AEA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA496

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA496	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.023 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6beb4',
    500: '#aea496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea496;
$custom-light: #c6beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.02297,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA496

secondary

#CCCFD4

accent

#6D974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA496

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

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