#AE9850#AE9850

#AE9850 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9850
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -1.19, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 40.49, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0046 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.096 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1329, 32.0357, 12.1842)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9850 #5066AE

analogous

#AE6950 #AE9850 #95AE50

triadic

#AE9850 #50AE98 #9850AE

tetradic

#AE9850 #50AE69 #5066AE #AE5095

square

#AE9850 #50AE69 #5066AE #AE5095

split-complementary

#AE9850 #5095AE #6950AE

monochromatic

#5A4F29 #84733D #AE9850 #C2B17A #D5C9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9850

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9850	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b683',
    500: '#ae9850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9850;
$custom-light: #c8b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9850

secondary

#98A2C2

accent

#76CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9850

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

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