#AE9F4E#AE9F4E

#AE9F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F4E
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -5.13, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 43.97, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0162 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(31.2299, 34.3462, 12.1907)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F4E #4E5DAE

analogous

#AE6F4E #AE9F4E #8DAE4E

triadic

#AE9F4E #4EAE9F #9F4EAE

tetradic

#AE9F4E #4EAE6F #4E5DAE #AE4E8D

square

#AE9F4E #4EAE6F #4E5DAE #AE4E8D

split-complementary

#AE9F4E #4E8DAE #6F4EAE

monochromatic

#595228 #84783B #AE9F4E #C2B677 #D5CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AE9F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#AE9F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F4E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F4E	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb82',
    500: '#ae9f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f4e;
$custom-light: #c8bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69856,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.34345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F4E

secondary

#969DC2

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F4E

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

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