#AE9B5D#AE9B5D

#AE9B5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B5D
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -1.59, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 34.98, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0043 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.085 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1536, 33.2329, 15.1274)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B5D #5D70AE

analogous

#AE735D #AE9B5D #98AE5D

triadic

#AE9B5D #5DAE9B #9B5DAE

tetradic

#AE9B5D #5DAE73 #5D70AE #AE5D98

square

#AE9B5D #5DAE73 #5D70AE #AE5D98

split-complementary

#AE9B5D #5D98AE #735DAE

monochromatic

#605530 #897945 #AE9B5D #C2B486 #D7CDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE9B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B5D

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B5D	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b88c',
    500: '#ae9b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b5d;
$custom-light: #c8b88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69216,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B5D

secondary

#A2AAC5

accent

#77C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B5D

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

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