#AE9D3F#AE9D3F

#AE9D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D3F
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -5.18, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 50.24, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0181 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.4110, 33.4728, 9.5607)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D3F #3F50AE

analogous

#AE663F #AE9D3F #88AE3F

triadic

#AE9D3F #3FAE9D #9D3FAE

tetradic

#AE9D3F #3FAE66 #3F50AE #AE3F88

square

#AE9D3F #3FAE66 #3F50AE #AE3F88

split-complementary

#AE9D3F #3F88AE #663FAE

monochromatic

#544C1E #81742F #AE9D3F #C7B864 #D7CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AE9D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D3F

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D3F	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)

#AB9934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b978',
    500: '#ae9d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d3f;
$custom-light: #c9b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69257,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D3F

secondary

#8790C2

accent

#66D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D3F

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

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