#AE994D#AE994D

#AE994D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.099 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE994D
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -1.99, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 42.30, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0072 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.099 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1875, 32.3183, 11.6677)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE994D #4D62AE

analogous

#AE694D #AE994D #93AE4D

triadic

#AE994D #4DAE99 #994DAE

tetradic

#AE994D #4DAE69 #4D62AE #AE4D93

square

#AE994D #4DAE69 #4D62AE #AE4D93

split-complementary

#AE994D #4D93AE #694DAE

monochromatic

#594E27 #84743A #AE994D #C2B276 #D5CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE994D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE994D	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#A79646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.099 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b681',
    500: '#ae994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae994d;
$custom-light: #c8b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE994D

secondary

#959FC2

accent

#73CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE994D

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

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