#AE9854#AE9854

#AE9854 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9854
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -0.83, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 38.50, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0031 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.092 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2851, 32.0966, 12.9858)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9854 #546AAE

analogous

#AE6B54 #AE9854 #97AE54

triadic

#AE9854 #54AE98 #9854AE

tetradic

#AE9854 #54AE6B #546AAE #AE5497

square

#AE9854 #54AE6B #546AAE #AE5497

split-complementary

#AE9854 #5497AE #6B54AE

monochromatic

#5C502C #86743F #AE9854 #C2B17E #D5CAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE9854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9854

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9854	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b686',
    500: '#ae9854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9854;
$custom-light: #c8b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68445,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9854

secondary

#9BA5C3

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9854

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

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