#AEA797#AEA797

#AEA797 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.024 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA797
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -0.28, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 9.18, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0012 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.024 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8597, 38.8709, 34.8332)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA797 #979EAE

analogous

#AE9B97 #AEA797 #A9AE97

triadic

#AEA797 #97AEA7 #A797AE

tetradic

#AEA797 #97AE9B #979EAE #AE97A9

square

#AEA797 #97AE9B #979EAE #AE97A9

split-complementary

#AEA797 #97A9AE #9B97AE

monochromatic

#726A59 #938A75 #AEA797 #C9C4B9 #E4E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEA797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA797

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA797	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.024 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1b5',
    500: '#aea797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea797;
$custom-light: #c6c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.02393,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA797

secondary

#CCCFD4

accent

#65974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA797

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

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