#AE9D4E#AE9D4E

#AE9D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D4E
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -4.06, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 43.23, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0131 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.102 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8888, 33.6640, 12.0770)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D4E #4E5FAE

analogous

#AE6D4E #AE9D4E #8FAE4E

triadic

#AE9D4E #4EAE9D #9D4EAE

tetradic

#AE9D4E #4EAE6D #4E5FAE #AE4E8F

square

#AE9D4E #4EAE6D #4E5FAE #AE4E8F

split-complementary

#AE9D4E #4E8FAE #6D4EAE

monochromatic

#595128 #84773B #AE9D4E #C2B577 #D5CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D4E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D4E	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b982',
    500: '#ae9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d4e;
$custom-light: #c8b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D4E

secondary

#969EC2

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D4E

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

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