#AE9649#AE9649

#AE9649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9649
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -0.68, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 43.25, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.004 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.101 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5657, 31.2939, 10.7850)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9649 #4961AE

analogous

#AE6349 #AE9649 #93AE49

triadic

#AE9649 #49AE96 #9649AE

tetradic

#AE9649 #49AE63 #4961AE #AE4993

square

#AE9649 #49AE63 #4961AE #AE4993

split-complementary

#AE9649 #4993AE #6349AE

monochromatic

#584C25 #837137 #AE9649 #C3B071 #D5C89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE9649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9649

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9649	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b47e',
    500: '#ae9649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9649;
$custom-light: #c9b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67875,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9649

secondary

#919DC2

accent

#74D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9649

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

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