#AE9C39#AE9C39

#AE9C39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C39
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -5.02, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 52.51, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0184 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0839, 33.0724, 8.6691)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C39 #394BAE

analogous

#AE6139 #AE9C39 #85AE39

triadic

#AE9C39 #39AE9C #9C39AE

tetradic

#AE9C39 #39AE61 #394BAE #AE3985

square

#AE9C39 #39AE61 #394BAE #AE3985

split-complementary

#AE9C39 #3985AE #6139AE

monochromatic

#52491B #80732A #AE9C39 #C9B85B #D8CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C39

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C39	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b875',
    500: '#ae9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c39;
$custom-light: #c9b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C39

secondary

#808AC3

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C39

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

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