#AE9B4E#AE9B4E

#AE9B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B4E
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -2.98, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 42.51, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.01 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.1 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5532, 32.9927, 11.9651)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B4E #4E61AE

analogous

#AE6B4E #AE9B4E #91AE4E

triadic

#AE9B4E #4EAE9B #9B4EAE

tetradic

#AE9B4E #4EAE6B #4E61AE #AE4E91

square

#AE9B4E #4EAE6B #4E61AE #AE4E91

split-complementary

#AE9B4E #4E91AE #6B4EAE

monochromatic

#595028 #84753B #AE9B4E #C2B377 #D5CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B4E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B4E	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b882',
    500: '#ae9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b4e;
$custom-light: #c8b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B4E

secondary

#969FC2

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B4E

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

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