#AE9D3A#AE9D3A

#AE9D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D3A
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -5.50, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 52.42, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0196 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2776, 33.4195, 8.8579)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D3A #3A4BAE

analogous

#AE633A #AE9D3A #85AE3A

triadic

#AE9D3A #3AAE9D #9D3AAE

tetradic

#AE9D3A #3AAE63 #3A4BAE #AE3A85

square

#AE9D3A #3AAE63 #3A4BAE #AE3A85

split-complementary

#AE9D3A #3A85AE #633AAE

monochromatic

#524A1B #80742B #AE9D3A #C9B95C #D8CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D3A

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D3A	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b975',
    500: '#ae9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d3a;
$custom-light: #c9b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69209,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D3A

secondary

#818BC2

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D3A

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

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