#AE9C3A#AE9C3A

#AE9C3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C3A
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -4.96, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 52.08, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0181 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1091, 33.0825, 8.8018)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C3A #3A4CAE

analogous

#AE623A #AE9C3A #86AE3A

triadic

#AE9C3A #3AAE9C #9C3AAE

tetradic

#AE9C3A #3AAE62 #3A4CAE #AE3A86

square

#AE9C3A #3AAE62 #3A4CAE #AE3A86

split-complementary

#AE9C3A #3A86AE #623AAE

monochromatic

#524A1B #80732B #AE9C3A #C9B85C #D8CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AE9C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C3A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C3A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b875',
    500: '#ae9c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c3a;
$custom-light: #c9b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68994,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C3A

secondary

#818BC2

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C3A

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

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