#AE9B41#AE9B41

#AE9B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B41
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -3.98, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 48.65, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0144 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.112 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1323, 32.8244, 9.7486)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B41 #4154AE

analogous

#AE6441 #AE9B41 #8BAE41

triadic

#AE9B41 #41AE9B #9B41AE

tetradic

#AE9B41 #41AE64 #4154AE #AE418B

square

#AE9B41 #41AE64 #4154AE #AE418B

split-complementary

#AE9B41 #418BAE #6441AE

monochromatic

#554C20 #817330 #AE9B41 #C6B566 #D7CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AE9B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B41

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B41	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)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b879',
    500: '#ae9b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b41;
$custom-light: #c9b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B41

secondary

#8993C2

accent

#69D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B41

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

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