#AE9646#AE9646

#AE9646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9646
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -0.91, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 44.69, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.005 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.104 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4687, 31.2550, 10.2738)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9646 #465EAE

analogous

#AE6246 #AE9646 #92AE46

triadic

#AE9646 #46AE96 #9646AE

tetradic

#AE9646 #46AE62 #465EAE #AE4692

square

#AE9646 #46AE62 #465EAE #AE4692

split-complementary

#AE9646 #4692AE #6246AE

monochromatic

#574B23 #827034 #AE9646 #C4B06D #D6C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9646

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9646	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)

#A4943E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47c',
    500: '#ae9646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9646;
$custom-light: #c9b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9646

secondary

#8E9AC2

accent

#72D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9646

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

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