#AE9B50#AE9B50

#AE9B50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B50
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -2.81, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 41.53, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0093 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.098 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6260, 33.0219, 12.3485)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B50 #5063AE

analogous

#AE6C50 #AE9B50 #92AE50

triadic

#AE9B50 #50AE9B #9B50AE

tetradic

#AE9B50 #50AE6C #5063AE #AE5092

square

#AE9B50 #50AE6C #5063AE #AE5092

split-complementary

#AE9B50 #5092AE #6C50AE

monochromatic

#5A5029 #84763D #AE9B50 #C2B37A #D5CBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B50

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B50	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)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b883',
    500: '#ae9b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b50;
$custom-light: #c8b883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B50

secondary

#98A0C2

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B50

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

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