#AE9C46#AE9C46

#AE9C46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C46
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -4.16, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 46.69, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0143 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.109 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4507, 33.2191, 10.6011)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C46 #4658AE

analogous

#AE6846 #AE9C46 #8CAE46

triadic

#AE9C46 #46AE9C #9C46AE

tetradic

#AE9C46 #46AE68 #4658AE #AE468C

square

#AE9C46 #46AE68 #4658AE #AE468C

split-complementary

#AE9C46 #468CAE #6846AE

monochromatic

#574E23 #827534 #AE9C46 #C4B56D #D6CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AE9C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C46

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C46	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b87d',
    500: '#ae9c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c46;
$custom-light: #c9b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69117,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C46

secondary

#8E97C2

accent

#6BD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C46

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