#AE9B45#AE9B45

#AE9B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B45
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -3.69, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 46.81, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0131 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.109 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.2523, 32.8724, 10.3806)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B45 #4558AE

analogous

#AE6745 #AE9B45 #8CAE45

triadic

#AE9B45 #45AE9B #9B45AE

tetradic

#AE9B45 #45AE67 #4558AE #AE458C

square

#AE9B45 #45AE67 #4558AE #AE458C

split-complementary

#AE9B45 #458CAE #6745AE

monochromatic

#564D22 #827434 #AE9B45 #C5B46C #D6CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AE9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B45

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B45	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b87c',
    500: '#ae9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b45;
$custom-light: #c9b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.32871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B45

secondary

#8D96C2

accent

#6CD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B45

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

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