#AE9643#AE9643

#AE9643 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9643
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -1.13, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 46.10, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.006 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.106 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3763, 31.2181, 9.7875)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9643 #435BAE

analogous

#AE6143 #AE9643 #91AE43

triadic

#AE9643 #43AE96 #9643AE

tetradic

#AE9643 #43AE61 #435BAE #AE4391

square

#AE9643 #43AE61 #435BAE #AE4391

split-complementary

#AE9643 #4391AE #6143AE

monochromatic

#564A21 #827032 #AE9643 #C5B169 #D6C895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AE9643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9643

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9643	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)

#A5933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47a',
    500: '#ae9643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9643;
$custom-light: #c9b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67805,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9643

secondary

#8B97C2

accent

#70D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9643

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

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