#AE995A#AE995A

#AE995A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.086 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE995A
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -0.81, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 35.81, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0023 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.086 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6932, 32.5206, 14.3312)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE995A #5A6FAE

analogous

#AE6F5A #AE995A #99AE5A

triadic

#AE995A #5AAE99 #995AAE

tetradic

#AE995A #5AAE6F #5A6FAE #AE5A99

square

#AE995A #5AAE6F #5A6FAE #AE5A99

split-complementary

#AE995A #5A99AE #6F5AAE

monochromatic

#5F532F #887743 #AE995A #C2B283 #D6CCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE995A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AE995A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE995A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE995A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE995A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae995a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.086 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b68a',
    500: '#ae995a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae995a;
$custom-light: #c8b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae995a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68746,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE995A

secondary

#9FA9C4

accent

#79CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE995A

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

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