#AEA59E#AEA59E

#AEA59E is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.014 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA59E
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(26, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 2.00, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 5.18, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0071 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.014 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0816, 38.3780, 37.7954)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA59E #9EA7AE

analogous

#AE9E9F #AEA59E #AEAD9E

triadic

#AEA59E #9EAEA5 #A59EAE

tetradic

#AEA59E #9FAE9E #9EA7AE #AD9EAE

square

#AEA59E #9FAE9E #9EA7AE #AD9EAE

split-complementary

#AEA59E #9EAEAD #9E9FAE

monochromatic

#72685F #92867D #AEA59E #CAC4BF #E6E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA59E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA59E	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.014 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfba',
    500: '#aea59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea59e;
$custom-light: #c6bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.01448,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA59E

secondary

#D1D4D7

accent

#779353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA59E

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

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