#AE9A50#AE9A50

#AE9A50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.097 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A50
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -2.27, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 41.17, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0077 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.097 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4602, 32.6904, 12.2933)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A50 #5064AE

analogous

#AE6B50 #AE9A50 #93AE50

triadic

#AE9A50 #50AE9A #9A50AE

tetradic

#AE9A50 #50AE6B #5064AE #AE5093

square

#AE9A50 #50AE6B #5064AE #AE5093

split-complementary

#AE9A50 #5093AE #6B50AE

monochromatic

#5A5029 #84753D #AE9A50 #C2B27A #D5CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A50

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A50	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.097 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b783',
    500: '#ae9a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a50;
$custom-light: #c8b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68814,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A50

secondary

#98A1C2

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A50

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

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