#AE9B4F#AE9B4F

#AE9B4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B4F
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -2.90, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 42.02, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0096 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.099 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5893, 33.0072, 12.1554)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B4F #4F62AE

analogous

#AE6C4F #AE9B4F #92AE4F

triadic

#AE9B4F #4FAE9B #9B4FAE

tetradic

#AE9B4F #4FAE6C #4F62AE #AE4F92

square

#AE9B4F #4FAE6C #4F62AE #AE4F92

split-complementary

#AE9B4F #4F92AE #6C4FAE

monochromatic

#5A5029 #84763C #AE9B4F #C2B378 #D5CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9B4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B4F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B4F	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)

#A89848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b882',
    500: '#ae9b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b4f;
$custom-light: #c8b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69013,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B4F

secondary

#979FC2

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B4F

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

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