#AE9954#AE9954

#AE9954 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9954
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 51.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -1.38, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 38.84, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0047 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.092 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4481, 32.4226, 13.0401)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9954 #5469AE

analogous

#AE6C54 #AE9954 #96AE54

triadic

#AE9954 #54AE99 #9954AE

tetradic

#AE9954 #54AE6C #5469AE #AE5496

square

#AE9954 #54AE6C #5469AE #AE5496

split-complementary

#AE9954 #5496AE #6C54AE

monochromatic

#5C512C #86753F #AE9954 #C2B27E #D5CBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AE9954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9954

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9954	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6974E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b686',
    500: '#ae9954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9954;
$custom-light: #c8b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9954

secondary

#9BA4C3

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9954

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

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