#AE9D3C#AE9D3C

#AE9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D3C
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -5.38, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 51.56, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.019 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3294, 33.4402, 9.1311)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D3C #3C4DAE

analogous

#AE643C #AE9D3C #86AE3C

triadic

#AE9D3C #3CAE9D #9D3CAE

tetradic

#AE9D3C #3CAE64 #3C4DAE #AE3C86

square

#AE9D3C #3CAE64 #3C4DAE #AE3C86

split-complementary

#AE9D3C #3C86AE #643CAE

monochromatic

#534B1D #80742C #AE9D3C #C8B85F #D8CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AE9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D3C

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D3C	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)

#AC9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b976',
    500: '#ae9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d3c;
$custom-light: #c9b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69228,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D3C

secondary

#838DC2

accent

#64D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D3C

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

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