#AEA99D#AEA99D

#AEA99D is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.018 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA99D
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -0.35, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 6.83, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0006 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.018 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.7287, 39.8093, 37.5881)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA99D #9DA2AE

analogous

#AEA19D #AEA99D #AAAE9D

triadic

#AEA99D #9DAEA9 #A99DAE

tetradic

#AEA99D #9DAEA1 #9DA2AE #AE9DAA

square

#AEA99D #9DAEA1 #9DA2AE #AE9DAA

split-complementary

#AEA99D #9DAAAE #A19DAE

monochromatic

#726C5E #928C7B #AEA99D #CAC6BF #E5E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEA99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA99D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA99D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.018 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2b9',
    500: '#aea99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea99d;
$custom-light: #c6c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.01788,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.39809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA99D

secondary

#D1D2D6

accent

#659452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA99D

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

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