#AE9C3E#AE9C3E

#AE9C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C3E
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -4.71, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 50.34, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0169 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2148, 33.1248, 9.3587)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C3E #3E50AE

analogous

#AE643E #AE9C3E #88AE3E

triadic

#AE9C3E #3EAE9C #9C3EAE

tetradic

#AE9C3E #3EAE64 #3E50AE #AE3E88

square

#AE9C3E #3EAE64 #3E50AE #AE3E88

split-complementary

#AE9C3E #3E88AE #643EAE

monochromatic

#544B1E #81742E #AE9C3E #C7B762 #D7CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AE9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C3E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C3E	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b878',
    500: '#ae9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c3e;
$custom-light: #c9b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C3E

secondary

#868FC2

accent

#66D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C3E

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

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