#AEA699#AEA699

#AEA699 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.021 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA699
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 0.59, 7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 7.78, 85.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0035 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.021 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8410, 38.5715, 35.6351)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA699 #99A1AE

analogous

#AE9C99 #AEA699 #ACAE99

triadic

#AEA699 #99AEA6 #A699AE

tetradic

#AEA699 #99AE9C #99A1AE #AE99AC

square

#AEA699 #99AE9C #99A1AE #AE99AC

split-complementary

#AEA699 #99ACAE #9C99AE

monochromatic

#72695B #938877 #AEA699 #C9C4BB #E4E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AEA699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA699

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA699	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.021 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0b7',
    500: '#aea699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea699;
$custom-light: #c6c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.02058,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA699

secondary

#CED1D5

accent

#6A9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA699

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

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