#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
RGBrgb(174, 157, 62)
HSLhsl(51, 47%, 46%)
HSVhsv(51, 64%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.53, -5.25, 50.41)
CIE-LCHlch(64.53, 50.68, 95.94°)
OKLaboklab(69.25% -0.0184 0.1148)
OKLCHoklch(69.25% 0.116 99.1)
XYZxyz(30.3833, 33.4618, 9.4149)
Luminance0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE9D3E1.002.737.697.69
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6921.001.001.00
##0000007.6921.001.001.00

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

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#AE9D3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva