#AE9645#AE9645

#AE9645 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9645
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -0.98, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 45.16, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0053 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.105 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4374, 31.2425, 10.1089)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9645 #455DAE

analogous

#AE6245 #AE9645 #91AE45

triadic

#AE9645 #45AE96 #9645AE

tetradic

#AE9645 #45AE62 #455DAE #AE4591

square

#AE9645 #45AE62 #455DAE #AE4591

split-complementary

#AE9645 #4591AE #6245AE

monochromatic

#564A22 #827034 #AE9645 #C5B06C #D6C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9645

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9645	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)

#A4943D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47c',
    500: '#ae9645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9645;
$custom-light: #c9b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67828,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9645

secondary

#8D99C2

accent

#72D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9645

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

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