#AE9644#AE9644

#AE9644 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9644
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -1.06, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 45.63, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0057 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.106 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4066, 31.2302, 9.9468)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9644 #445CAE

analogous

#AE6144 #AE9644 #91AE44

triadic

#AE9644 #44AE96 #9644AE

tetradic

#AE9644 #44AE61 #445CAE #AE4491

square

#AE9644 #44AE61 #445CAE #AE4491

split-complementary

#AE9644 #4491AE #6144AE

monochromatic

#564A22 #827033 #AE9644 #C5B06A #D6C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9644

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9644	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4943C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47b',
    500: '#ae9644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9644;
$custom-light: #c9b47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67816,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9644

secondary

#8C98C2

accent

#71D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9644

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

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