#AE9844#AE9844

#AE9844 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9844
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -2.14, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 46.27, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0088 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7285, 31.8739, 10.0541)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9844 #445AAE

analogous

#AE6344 #AE9844 #8FAE44

triadic

#AE9844 #44AE98 #9844AE

tetradic

#AE9844 #44AE63 #445AAE #AE448F

square

#AE9844 #44AE63 #445AAE #AE448F

split-complementary

#AE9844 #448FAE #6344AE

monochromatic

#564B22 #827233 #AE9844 #C5B26A #D6C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AE9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9844

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9844	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)

#A6953B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67b',
    500: '#ae9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9844;
$custom-light: #c9b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6824,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9844

secondary

#8C97C2

accent

#6FD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9844

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

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