#AE9D3E#AE9D3E

#AE9D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D3E
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -5.25, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 50.68, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0184 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3833, 33.4618, 9.4149)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D3E #3E4FAE

analogous

#AE653E #AE9D3E #87AE3E

triadic

#AE9D3E #3EAE9D #9D3EAE

tetradic

#AE9D3E #3EAE65 #3E4FAE #AE3E87

square

#AE9D3E #3EAE65 #3E4FAE #AE3E87

split-complementary

#AE9D3E #3E87AE #653EAE

monochromatic

#544C1E #81742E #AE9D3E #C7B862 #D7CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AE9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D3E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D3E	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)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b978',
    500: '#ae9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d3e;
$custom-light: #c9b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69247,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D3E

secondary

#868FC2

accent

#65D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D3E

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

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