#AEA599#AEA599

#AEA599 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.020 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA599
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(34, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 1.14, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 7.47, 81.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0051 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.02 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6600, 38.2093, 35.5747)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA599 #99A2AE

analogous

#AE9B99 #AEA599 #ADAE99

triadic

#AEA599 #99AEA5 #A599AE

tetradic

#AEA599 #99AE9B #99A2AE #AE99AD

square

#AEA599 #99AE9B #99A2AE #AE99AD

split-complementary

#AEA599 #99ADAE #9B99AE

monochromatic

#72685B #938777 #AEA599 #C9C3BB #E4E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA599

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA599	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.020 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfb7',
    500: '#aea599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea599;
$custom-light: #c6bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.01996,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA599

secondary

#CED1D5

accent

#6E9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA599

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

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