#AE9B59#AE9B59

#AE9B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.089 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9B59
RGBrgb(174, 155, 89)
HSLhsl(47, 34%, 52%)
HSVhsv(47, 49%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.29, -1.99, 36.97)
CIE-LCHlch(64.29, 37.02, 93.08°)
OKLaboklab(69.15% -0.0059 0.0887)
OKLCHoklch(69.15% 0.089 93.8)
XYZxyz(30.9811, 33.1639, 14.2186)
Luminance0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9B59 #596CAE
analogous
#AE7159 #AE9B59 #97AE59
triadic
#AE9B59 #59AE9B #9B59AE
tetradic
#AE9B59 #59AE71 #596CAE #AE5997
square
#AE9B59 #59AE71 #596CAE #AE5997
split-complementary
#AE9B59 #5997AE #7159AE
monochromatic
#5E542E #887842 #AE9B59 #C2B482 #D6CDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#AE9B59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63
#AE9B59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B59
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9B59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9B591.002.757.637.63
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6321.001.001.00
##0000007.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89854
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9E5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA928B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.089 93.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b889',
    500: '#ae9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9b59;
$custom-light: #c8b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69154,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9B59
secondary
#9FA7C4
accent
#76CA5D
background
#FCFBF8
surface
#F8F6F0
border
#D1D0CB
text
#13110B
muted
#82807C

Preview Lab

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#AE9B59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva