#AE9946#AE9946

#AE9946 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9946
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -2.54, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 45.66, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0097 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.106 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9535, 32.2247, 10.4354)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9946 #465BAE

analogous

#AE6546 #AE9946 #8FAE46

triadic

#AE9946 #46AE99 #9946AE

tetradic

#AE9946 #46AE65 #465BAE #AE468F

square

#AE9946 #46AE65 #465BAE #AE468F

split-complementary

#AE9946 #468FAE #6546AE

monochromatic

#574C23 #827334 #AE9946 #C4B36D #D6C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9946

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9946	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)

#A7963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67c',
    500: '#ae9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9946;
$custom-light: #c9b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68476,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9946

secondary

#8E98C2

accent

#6FD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9946

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

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