#AE9D46#AE9D46

#AE9D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D46
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -4.69, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 47.04, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0159 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.109 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6192, 33.5561, 10.6573)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D46 #4657AE

analogous

#AE6946 #AE9D46 #8BAE46

triadic

#AE9D46 #46AE9D #9D46AE

tetradic

#AE9D46 #46AE69 #4657AE #AE468B

square

#AE9D46 #46AE69 #4657AE #AE468B

split-complementary

#AE9D46 #468BAE #6946AE

monochromatic

#574E23 #827634 #AE9D46 #C4B66D #D6CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AE9D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D46

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D46	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b97d',
    500: '#ae9d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d46;
$custom-light: #c9b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69331,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D46

secondary

#8E96C2

accent

#6AD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D46

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

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