#AEA596#AEA596

#AEA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.024 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA596
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 0.64, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 8.96, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0038 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.024 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4153, 38.1115, 34.2862)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA596 #969FAE

analogous

#AE9996 #AEA596 #ABAE96

triadic

#AEA596 #96AEA5 #A596AE

tetradic

#AEA596 #96AE99 #969FAE #AE96AB

square

#AEA596 #96AE99 #969FAE #AE96AB

split-complementary

#AEA596 #96ABAE #9996AE

monochromatic

#726858 #938773 #AEA596 #C9C3B9 #E3E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA596

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA596	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.024 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfb4',
    500: '#aea596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea596;
$custom-light: #c6bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.02361,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA596

secondary

#CCCFD4

accent

#6A974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA596

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

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