#AE9D3B#AE9D3B

#AE9D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D3B
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -5.44, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 51.99, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0193 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3033, 33.4297, 8.9932)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D3B #3B4CAE

analogous

#AE633B #AE9D3B #85AE3B

triadic

#AE9D3B #3BAE9D #9D3BAE

tetradic

#AE9D3B #3BAE63 #3B4CAE #AE3B85

square

#AE9D3B #3BAE63 #3B4CAE #AE3B85

split-complementary

#AE9D3B #3B85AE #633BAE

monochromatic

#534B1C #80742C #AE9D3B #C8B95E #D8CD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AE9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D3B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D3B	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b976',
    500: '#ae9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d3b;
$custom-light: #c9b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D3B

secondary

#828CC2

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D3B

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

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