#AEA79B#AEA79B

#AEA79B is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.019 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA79B
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 155)
HSL	hsl(38, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 0.39, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 7.11, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0028 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.019 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1901, 39.0031, 36.5732)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA79B #9BA2AE

analogous

#AE9E9B #AEA79B #ACAE9B

triadic

#AEA79B #9BAEA7 #A79BAE

tetradic

#AEA79B #9BAE9E #9BA2AE #AE9BAC

square

#AEA79B #9BAE9E #9BA2AE #AE9BAC

split-complementary

#AEA79B #9BACAE #9E9BAE

monochromatic

#726A5C #938979 #AEA79B #C9C5BD #E5E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEA79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA79B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA79B	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.019 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1b8',
    500: '#aea79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea79b;
$custom-light: #c6c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 10.497,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.0188,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA79B

secondary

#CFD2D6

accent

#6A9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA79B

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

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