#AE9B60#AE9B60

#AE9B60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.081 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B60
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -1.28, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 33.44, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0031 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.081 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2891, 33.2871, 15.8410)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B60 #6073AE

analogous

#AE7460 #AE9B60 #9AAE60

triadic

#AE9B60 #60AE9B #9B60AE

tetradic

#AE9B60 #60AE74 #6073AE #AE609A

square

#AE9B60 #60AE74 #6073AE #AE609A

split-complementary

#AE9B60 #609AAE #7460AE

monochromatic

#625632 #8A7A46 #AE9B60 #C3B489 #D7CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE9B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B60

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B60	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.081 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b88e',
    500: '#ae9b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b60;
$custom-light: #c8b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B60

secondary

#A4ACC6

accent

#79C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B60

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

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