#AE9B3A#AE9B3A

#AE9B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B3A
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -4.43, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 51.75, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0166 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9420, 32.7483, 8.7461)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B3A #3A4DAE

analogous

#AE613A #AE9B3A #87AE3A

triadic

#AE9B3A #3AAE9B #9B3AAE

tetradic

#AE9B3A #3AAE61 #3A4DAE #AE3A87

square

#AE9B3A #3AAE61 #3A4DAE #AE3A87

split-complementary

#AE9B3A #3A87AE #613AAE

monochromatic

#52491B #80722B #AE9B3A #C9B75C #D8CB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AE9B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B3A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B3A	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b875',
    500: '#ae9b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b3a;
$custom-light: #c9b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68779,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B3A

secondary

#818CC2

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B3A

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

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