#AE9943#AE9943

#AE9943 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9943
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -2.76, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 47.06, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0107 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.109 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8612, 32.1878, 9.9491)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9943 #4358AE

analogous

#AE6343 #AE9943 #8EAE43

triadic

#AE9943 #43AE99 #9943AE

tetradic

#AE9943 #43AE63 #4358AE #AE438E

square

#AE9943 #43AE63 #4358AE #AE438E

split-complementary

#AE9943 #438EAE #6343AE

monochromatic

#564B21 #827232 #AE9943 #C5B369 #D6C995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9943

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9943	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67a',
    500: '#ae9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9943;
$custom-light: #c9b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68442,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9943

secondary

#8B96C2

accent

#6DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9943

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

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