#AE9137#AE9137

#AE9137 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9137
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 0.82, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 50.04, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0019 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.113 91)
XYZ	xyz(28.2720, 29.5269, 7.8238)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9137 #3754AE

analogous

#AE5537 #AE9137 #90AE37

triadic

#AE9137 #37AE91 #9137AE

tetradic

#AE9137 #37AE55 #3754AE #AE3790

square

#AE9137 #37AE55 #3754AE #AE3790

split-complementary

#AE9137 #3790AE #5537AE

monochromatic

#51431A #7F6A28 #AE9137 #CAAE58 #D9C586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AE9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AE9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9137

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9137	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab072',
    500: '#ae9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9137;
$custom-light: #cab072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66627,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.29525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9137

secondary

#7E8FC3

accent

#6FDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9137

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

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