#AE9138#AE9138

#AE9138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9138
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 0.88, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 49.60, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0016 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.112 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2962, 29.5366, 7.9513)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9138 #3855AE

analogous

#AE5638 #AE9138 #90AE38

triadic

#AE9138 #38AE91 #9138AE

tetradic

#AE9138 #38AE56 #3855AE #AE3890

square

#AE9138 #38AE56 #3855AE #AE3890

split-complementary

#AE9138 #3890AE #5638AE

monochromatic

#51441A #806A29 #AE9138 #CAAE59 #D9C588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AE9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AE9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9138

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9138	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab073',
    500: '#ae9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9138;
$custom-light: #cab073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66636,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9138

secondary

#7F90C3

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9138

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

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