#AE9036#AE9036

#AE9036 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9036
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 1.31, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 50.20, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0006 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.113 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0962, 29.2132, 7.6482)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9036 #3654AE

analogous

#AE5436 #AE9036 #90AE36

triadic

#AE9036 #36AE90 #9036AE

tetradic

#AE9036 #36AE54 #3654AE #AE3690

square

#AE9036 #36AE54 #3654AE #AE3690

split-complementary

#AE9036 #3690AE #5436AE

monochromatic

#514319 #7F6928 #AE9036 #CBAE56 #D9C485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#AE9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9036

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9036	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab072',
    500: '#ae9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9036;
$custom-light: #cab072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66407,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9036

secondary

#7D8EC3

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9036

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

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