#AE9C61#AE9C61

#AE9C61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.081 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C61
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -1.72, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 33.29, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0043 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.081 93)
XYZ	xyz(31.5025, 33.6399, 16.1407)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C61 #6173AE

analogous

#AE7561 #AE9C61 #99AE61

triadic

#AE9C61 #61AE9C #9C61AE

tetradic

#AE9C61 #61AE75 #6173AE #AE6199

square

#AE9C61 #61AE75 #6173AE #AE6199

split-complementary

#AE9C61 #6199AE #7561AE

monochromatic

#625732 #8B7B47 #AE9C61 #C3B589 #D7CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C61

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C61	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.081 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b98f',
    500: '#ae9c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c61;
$custom-light: #c7b98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69493,
    "c": 0.08095,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.33639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C61

secondary

#A5ADC6

accent

#78C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C61

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

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