#AE9D48#AE9D48

#AE9D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D48
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -4.54, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 46.11, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0152 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.108 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6834, 33.5818, 10.9953)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D48 #4859AE

analogous

#AE6A48 #AE9D48 #8CAE48

triadic

#AE9D48 #48AE9D #9D48AE

tetradic

#AE9D48 #48AE6A #4859AE #AE488C

square

#AE9D48 #48AE6A #4859AE #AE488C

split-complementary

#AE9D48 #488CAE #6A48AE

monochromatic

#574F24 #837636 #AE9D48 #C4B670 #D6CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D48

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D48	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b97e',
    500: '#ae9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d48;
$custom-light: #c9b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69354,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D48

secondary

#9098C2

accent

#6BD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D48

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

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