#AE9746#AE9746

#AE9746 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9746
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -1.45, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 45.01, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0066 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.105 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6289, 31.5755, 10.3272)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9746 #465DAE

analogous

#AE6346 #AE9746 #91AE46

triadic

#AE9746 #46AE97 #9746AE

tetradic

#AE9746 #46AE63 #465DAE #AE4691

square

#AE9746 #46AE63 #465DAE #AE4691

split-complementary

#AE9746 #4691AE #6346AE

monochromatic

#574B23 #827134 #AE9746 #C4B16D #D6C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AE9746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9746

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9746	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b57c',
    500: '#ae9746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9746;
$custom-light: #c9b57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9746

secondary

#8E99C2

accent

#71D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9746

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

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