#AE9C4E#AE9C4E

#AE9C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C4E
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -3.52, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 42.86, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0116 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.101 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7203, 33.3270, 12.0208)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C4E #4E60AE

analogous

#AE6C4E #AE9C4E #90AE4E

triadic

#AE9C4E #4EAE9C #9C4EAE

tetradic

#AE9C4E #4EAE6C #4E60AE #AE4E90

square

#AE9C4E #4EAE6C #4E60AE #AE4E90

split-complementary

#AE9C4E #4E90AE #6C4EAE

monochromatic

#595028 #84763B #AE9C4E #C2B477 #D5CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C4E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C4E	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b982',
    500: '#ae9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c4e;
$custom-light: #c8b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69214,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C4E

secondary

#969EC2

accent

#70CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C4E

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

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