#AE9841#AE9841

#AE9841 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9841
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -2.36, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 47.66, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0098 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.11 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6392, 31.8382, 9.5842)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9841 #4157AE

analogous

#AE6241 #AE9841 #8EAE41

triadic

#AE9841 #41AE98 #9841AE

tetradic

#AE9841 #41AE62 #4157AE #AE418E

square

#AE9841 #41AE62 #4157AE #AE418E

split-complementary

#AE9841 #418EAE #6241AE

monochromatic

#554A20 #817130 #AE9841 #C6B366 #D7C993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AE9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9841

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9841	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b679',
    500: '#ae9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9841;
$custom-light: #c9b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9841

secondary

#8994C2

accent

#6DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9841

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

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