#AEA696#AEA696

#AEA696 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.024 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA696
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 0.09, 9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 9.32, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0023 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.024 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5964, 38.4736, 34.3465)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA696 #969EAE

analogous

#AE9A96 #AEA696 #AAAE96

triadic

#AEA696 #96AEA6 #A696AE

tetradic

#AEA696 #96AE9A #969EAE #AE96AA

square

#AEA696 #96AE9A #969EAE #AE96AA

split-complementary

#AEA696 #96AAAE #9A96AE

monochromatic

#726958 #938973 #AEA696 #C9C3B9 #E3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEA696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA696

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA696	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.024 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0b4',
    500: '#aea696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea696;
$custom-light: #c6c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.02437,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA696

secondary

#CCCED4

accent

#67974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA696

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →