#AE9A4E#AE9A4E

#AE9A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.099 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A4E
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -2.44, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 42.16, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0084 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.099 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3874, 32.6613, 11.9099)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A4E #4E62AE

analogous

#AE6A4E #AE9A4E #92AE4E

triadic

#AE9A4E #4EAE9A #9A4EAE

tetradic

#AE9A4E #4EAE6A #4E62AE #AE4E92

square

#AE9A4E #4EAE6A #4E62AE #AE4E92

split-complementary

#AE9A4E #4E92AE #6A4EAE

monochromatic

#594F28 #84753B #AE9A4E #C2B277 #D5CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A4E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A4E	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.099 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b782',
    500: '#ae9a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a4e;
$custom-light: #c8b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A4E

secondary

#969FC2

accent

#72CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A4E

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

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