#AE9D50#AE9D50

#AE9D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D50
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -3.89, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 42.25, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0124 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.1 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9616, 33.6931, 12.4604)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D50 #5061AE

analogous

#AE6E50 #AE9D50 #90AE50

triadic

#AE9D50 #50AE9D #9D50AE

tetradic

#AE9D50 #50AE6E #5061AE #AE5090

square

#AE9D50 #50AE6E #5061AE #AE5090

split-complementary

#AE9D50 #5090AE #6E50AE

monochromatic

#5A5129 #84773D #AE9D50 #C2B57A #D5CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D50

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D50	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b983',
    500: '#ae9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d50;
$custom-light: #c8b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69453,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D50

secondary

#989FC2

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D50

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

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