#AE9B5A#AE9B5A

#AE9B5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.088 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B5A
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -1.89, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 36.51, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0055 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.088 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0233, 33.1808, 14.4413)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B5A #5A6DAE

analogous

#AE715A #AE9B5A #97AE5A

triadic

#AE9B5A #5AAE9B #9B5AAE

tetradic

#AE9B5A #5AAE71 #5A6DAE #AE5A97

square

#AE9B5A #5AAE71 #5A6DAE #AE5A97

split-complementary

#AE9B5A #5A97AE #715AAE

monochromatic

#5F542F #887843 #AE9B5A #C2B483 #D6CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AE9B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B5A

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B5A	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.088 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b88a',
    500: '#ae9b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b5a;
$custom-light: #c8b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6917,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B5A

secondary

#9FA8C4

accent

#76CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B5A

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

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