#AE9C63#AE9C63

#AE9C63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.079 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C63
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 43.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -1.50, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 32.26, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0035 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.079 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5970, 33.6776, 16.6380)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C63 #6375AE

analogous

#AE7663 #AE9C63 #9AAE63

triadic

#AE9C63 #63AE9C #9C63AE

tetradic

#AE9C63 #63AE76 #6375AE #AE639A

square

#AE9C63 #63AE76 #6375AE #AE639A

split-complementary

#AE9C63 #639AAE #7663AE

monochromatic

#635833 #8B7B48 #AE9C63 #C3B68B #D8CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9C63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9C63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C63

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C63	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.079 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b990',
    500: '#ae9c63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c63;
$custom-light: #c7b990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69527,
    "c": 0.0787,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C63

secondary

#A6AEC6

accent

#79C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C63

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

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