#AE9E40#AE9E40

#AE9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E40
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -5.65, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 50.14, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0194 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6091, 33.8239, 9.7658)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E40 #4050AE

analogous

#AE6740 #AE9E40 #87AE40

triadic

#AE9E40 #40AE9E #9E40AE

tetradic

#AE9E40 #40AE67 #4050AE #AE4087

square

#AE9E40 #40AE67 #4050AE #AE4087

split-complementary

#AE9E40 #4087AE #6740AE

monochromatic

#554D1F #817530 #AE9E40 #C6B865 #D7CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AE9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E40

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E40	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba79',
    500: '#ae9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e40;
$custom-light: #c9ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69482,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E40

secondary

#8890C2

accent

#65D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E40

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

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