#AE9A52#AE9A52

#AE9A52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A52
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -2.10, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 40.18, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.007 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.095 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5352, 32.7204, 12.6883)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A52 #5266AE

analogous

#AE6C52 #AE9A52 #94AE52

triadic

#AE9A52 #52AE9A #9A52AE

tetradic

#AE9A52 #52AE6C #5266AE #AE5294

square

#AE9A52 #52AE6C #5266AE #AE5294

split-complementary

#AE9A52 #5294AE #6C52AE

monochromatic

#5B502B #85753E #AE9A52 #C2B27C #D5CBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A52

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A52	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A7974C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b784',
    500: '#ae9a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a52;
$custom-light: #c8b784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A52

secondary

#99A2C2

accent

#74CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A52

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

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