#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
RGBrgb(174, 154, 82)
HSLhsl(47, 36%, 50%)
HSVhsv(47, 53%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.93, -2.10, 40.13)
CIE-LCHlch(63.93, 40.18, 92.99°)
OKLaboklab(68.84% -0.007 0.0951)
OKLCHoklch(68.84% 0.095 94.2)
XYZxyz(30.5352, 32.7204, 12.6883)
Luminance0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE9A521.002.787.547.54
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5421.001.001.00
##0000007.5421.001.001.00

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

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#AE9A52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva