#AEA697#AEA697

#AEA697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.023 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA697
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(39, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 0.26, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 8.80, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0027 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.023 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6772, 38.5060, 34.7724)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA697 #979FAE

analogous

#AE9A97 #AEA697 #AAAE97

triadic

#AEA697 #97AEA6 #A697AE

tetradic

#AEA697 #97AE9A #979FAE #AE97AA

square

#AEA697 #97AE9A #979FAE #AE97AA

split-complementary

#AEA697 #97AAAE #9A97AE

monochromatic

#726959 #938975 #AEA697 #C9C3B9 #E4E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AEA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA697

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA697	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.023 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0b5',
    500: '#aea697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea697;
$custom-light: #c6c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.02309,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA697

secondary

#CCCFD4

accent

#68974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA697

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

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