#AEA99E#AEA99E

#AEA99E is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.017 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA99E
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(41, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -0.18, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 6.31, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.001 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.017 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8144, 39.8436, 38.0396)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA99E #9EA3AE

analogous

#AEA19E #AEA99E #ABAE9E

triadic

#AEA99E #9EAEA9 #A99EAE

tetradic

#AEA99E #9EAEA1 #9EA3AE #AE9EAB

square

#AEA99E #9EAEA1 #9EA3AE #AE9EAB

split-complementary

#AEA99E #9EABAE #A19EAE

monochromatic

#726C5F #928B7D #AEA99E #CAC7BF #E6E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEA99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA99E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA99E	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.017 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2ba',
    500: '#aea99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea99e;
$custom-light: #c6c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.01656,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA99E

secondary

#D1D3D7

accent

#679353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA99E

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

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