#AE9E4E#AE9E4E

#AE9E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E4E
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -4.60, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 43.59, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0147 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.103 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0587, 34.0037, 12.1336)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E4E #4E5EAE

analogous

#AE6E4E #AE9E4E #8EAE4E

triadic

#AE9E4E #4EAE9E #9E4EAE

tetradic

#AE9E4E #4EAE6E #4E5EAE #AE4E8E

square

#AE9E4E #4EAE6E #4E5EAE #AE4E8E

split-complementary

#AE9E4E #4E8EAE #6E4EAE

monochromatic

#595128 #84783B #AE9E4E #C2B677 #D5CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E4E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E4E	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba82',
    500: '#ae9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e4e;
$custom-light: #c8ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69642,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E4E

secondary

#969DC2

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E4E

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

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