#AE9956#AE9956

#AE9956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9956
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -1.19, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 37.83, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0039 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.09 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5276, 32.4544, 13.4586)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9956 #566BAE

analogous

#AE6D56 #AE9956 #97AE56

triadic

#AE9956 #56AE99 #9956AE

tetradic

#AE9956 #56AE6D #566BAE #AE5697

square

#AE9956 #56AE6D #566BAE #AE5697

split-complementary

#AE9956 #5697AE #6D56AE

monochromatic

#5D512D #867640 #AE9956 #C2B27F #D6CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9956

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9956	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b687',
    500: '#ae9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9956;
$custom-light: #c8b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9956

secondary

#9CA6C3

accent

#77CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9956

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

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