#AE9D64#AE9D64

#AE9D64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.078 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D64
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 100)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 42.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -1.93, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 32.11, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0046 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.078 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8136, 34.0339, 16.9475)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D64 #6475AE

analogous

#AE7864 #AE9D64 #9AAE64

triadic

#AE9D64 #64AE9D #9D64AE

tetradic

#AE9D64 #64AE78 #6475AE #AE649A

square

#AE9D64 #64AE78 #6475AE #AE649A

split-complementary

#AE9D64 #649AAE #7864AE

monochromatic

#645934 #8C7C49 #AE9D64 #C3B68C #D8D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9D64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AE9D64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D64

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D64	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.078 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b991',
    500: '#ae9d64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d64;
$custom-light: #c7b991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D64

secondary

#A7AEC7

accent

#78C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D64

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

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