#AE994A#AE994A

#AE994A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE994A
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -2.23, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 43.76, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0083 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.102 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0840, 32.2769, 11.1227)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE994A #4A5FAE

analogous

#AE674A #AE994A #91AE4A

triadic

#AE994A #4AAE99 #994AAE

tetradic

#AE994A #4AAE67 #4A5FAE #AE4A91

square

#AE994A #4AAE67 #4A5FAE #AE4A91

split-complementary

#AE994A #4A91AE #674AAE

monochromatic

#584D25 #837338 #AE994A #C3B272 #D5CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE994A

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE994A	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b67f',
    500: '#ae994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae994a;
$custom-light: #c9b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68524,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE994A

secondary

#929CC2

accent

#71D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE994A

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

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