#AE9B3D#AE9B3D

#AE9B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B3D
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -4.24, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 50.45, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0157 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0205, 32.7797, 9.1598)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B3D #3D50AE

analogous

#AE633D #AE9B3D #88AE3D

triadic

#AE9B3D #3DAE9B #9B3DAE

tetradic

#AE9B3D #3DAE63 #3D50AE #AE3D88

square

#AE9B3D #3DAE63 #3D50AE #AE3D88

split-complementary

#AE9B3D #3D88AE #633DAE

monochromatic

#534A1D #81732D #AE9B3D #C8B661 #D7CB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AE9B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B3D

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B3D	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b877',
    500: '#ae9b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b3d;
$custom-light: #c9b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B3D

secondary

#858FC2

accent

#67D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B3D

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

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