#AE9941#AE9941

#AE9941 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9941
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -2.90, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 47.98, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0113 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.11 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8022, 32.1642, 9.6385)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9941 #4156AE

analogous

#AE6241 #AE9941 #8DAE41

triadic

#AE9941 #41AE99 #9941AE

tetradic

#AE9941 #41AE62 #4156AE #AE418D

square

#AE9941 #41AE62 #4156AE #AE418D

split-complementary

#AE9941 #418DAE #6241AE

monochromatic

#554B20 #817230 #AE9941 #C6B466 #D7CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AE9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9941

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9941	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b679',
    500: '#ae9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9941;
$custom-light: #c9b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68421,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9941

secondary

#8994C2

accent

#6CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9941

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

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