#AE9D40#AE9D40

#AE9D40 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 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D40
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -5.12, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 49.79, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0178 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.4392, 33.4841, 9.7092)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D40 #4051AE

analogous

#AE6640 #AE9D40 #88AE40

triadic

#AE9D40 #40AE9D #9D40AE

tetradic

#AE9D40 #40AE66 #4051AE #AE4088

square

#AE9D40 #40AE66 #4051AE #AE4088

split-complementary

#AE9D40 #4088AE #6640AE

monochromatic

#554C1F #817530 #AE9D40 #C6B765 #D7CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AE9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D40

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D40	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b979',
    500: '#ae9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d40;
$custom-light: #c9b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D40

secondary

#8891C2

accent

#66D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D40

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

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