#AEA899#AEA899

#AEA899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.022 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA899
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -0.49, 8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 8.53, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0005 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.022 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2074, 39.3043, 35.7572)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA899 #999FAE

analogous

#AE9E99 #AEA899 #AAAE99

triadic

#AEA899 #99AEA8 #A899AE

tetradic

#AEA899 #99AE9E #999FAE #AE99AA

square

#AEA899 #99AE9E #999FAE #AE99AA

split-complementary

#AEA899 #99AAAE #9E99AE

monochromatic

#726B5B #938B77 #AEA899 #C9C5BB #E4E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AEA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA899

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA899	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.022 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1b7',
    500: '#aea899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea899;
$custom-light: #c6c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.02222,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA899

secondary

#CED0D5

accent

#649650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA899

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

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