#AE9944#AE9944

#AE9944 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9944
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -2.68, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 46.60, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0104 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.108 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8914, 32.1999, 10.1084)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9944 #4459AE

analogous

#AE6444 #AE9944 #8EAE44

triadic

#AE9944 #44AE99 #9944AE

tetradic

#AE9944 #44AE64 #4459AE #AE448E

square

#AE9944 #44AE64 #4459AE #AE448E

split-complementary

#AE9944 #448EAE #6444AE

monochromatic

#564C22 #827233 #AE9944 #C5B36A #D6C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9944

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9944	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)

#A7963B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67b',
    500: '#ae9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9944;
$custom-light: #c9b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68453,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9944

secondary

#8C97C2

accent

#6DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9944

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

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