#AE9D5B#AE9D5B

#AE9D5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D5B
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -2.87, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 36.74, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0082 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.088 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4018, 33.8692, 14.7788)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D5B #5B6CAE

analogous

#AE745B #AE9D5B #96AE5B

triadic

#AE9D5B #5BAE9D #9D5BAE

tetradic

#AE9D5B #5BAE74 #5B6CAE #AE5B96

square

#AE9D5B #5BAE74 #5B6CAE #AE5B96

split-complementary

#AE9D5B #5B96AE #745BAE

monochromatic

#5F562F #887A43 #AE9D5B #C2B584 #D6CEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE9D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AE9D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D5B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D5B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b98b',
    500: '#ae9d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d5b;
$custom-light: #c8b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6961,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D5B

secondary

#A0A8C5

accent

#74CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D5B

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

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