#AEA799#AEA799

#AEA799 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.021 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA799
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 0.05, 8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 8.14, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.002 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.021 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0235, 38.9365, 35.6959)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA799 #99A0AE

analogous

#AE9D99 #AEA799 #ABAE99

triadic

#AEA799 #99AEA7 #A799AE

tetradic

#AEA799 #99AE9D #99A0AE #AE99AB

square

#AEA799 #99AE9D #99A0AE #AE99AB

split-complementary

#AEA799 #99ABAE #9D99AE

monochromatic

#726A5B #938A77 #AEA799 #C9C4BB #E4E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEA799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA799

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA799	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.021 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1b7',
    500: '#aea799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea799;
$custom-light: #c6c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.02133,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA799

secondary

#CED0D5

accent

#679650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA799

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

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