#AE9642#AE9642

#AE9642 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9642
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -1.20, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 46.56, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0063 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.107 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3466, 31.2062, 9.6308)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9642 #425AAE

analogous

#AE6042 #AE9642 #90AE42

triadic

#AE9642 #42AE96 #9642AE

tetradic

#AE9642 #42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290

square

#AE9642 #42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290

split-complementary

#AE9642 #4290AE #6042AE

monochromatic

#554A20 #827031 #AE9642 #C6B168 #D6C894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AE9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9642

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9642	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47a',
    500: '#ae9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9642;
$custom-light: #c9b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67794,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9642

secondary

#8A96C2

accent

#70D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9642

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

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