#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
RGBrgb(174, 152, 84)
HSLhsl(45, 36%, 51%)
HSVhsv(45, 52%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.42, -0.83, 38.49)
CIE-LCHlch(63.42, 38.50, 91.24°)
OKLaboklab(68.44% -0.0031 0.0916)
OKLCHoklch(68.44% 0.092 91.9)
XYZxyz(30.2851, 32.0966, 12.9858)
Luminance0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##AE98541.002.837.427.42
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4221.001.001.00
##0000007.4221.001.001.00

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

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#AE9854 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva