#AE9236#AE9236

#AE9236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.114 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9236
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 0.21, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 50.74, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0038 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.114 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4018, 29.8244, 7.7500)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9236 #3652AE

analogous

#AE5636 #AE9236 #8EAE36

triadic

#AE9236 #36AE92 #9236AE

tetradic

#AE9236 #36AE56 #3652AE #AE368E

square

#AE9236 #36AE56 #3652AE #AE368E

split-complementary

#AE9236 #368EAE #5636AE

monochromatic

#514419 #7F6B28 #AE9236 #CBB056 #D9C685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#AE9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9236

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9236	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.114 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab172',
    500: '#ae9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9236;
$custom-light: #cab172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66828,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9236

secondary

#7D8DC3

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9236

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

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