#AE9237#AE9237

#AE9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.113 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9237
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 0.27, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 50.31, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0035 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.113 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4255, 29.8339, 7.8750)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9237 #3753AE

analogous

#AE5637 #AE9237 #8FAE37

triadic

#AE9237 #37AE92 #9237AE

tetradic

#AE9237 #37AE56 #3753AE #AE378F

square

#AE9237 #37AE56 #3753AE #AE378F

split-complementary

#AE9237 #378FAE #5637AE

monochromatic

#51441A #7F6B28 #AE9237 #CAAF58 #D9C686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#AE9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9237

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9237	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.113 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab173',
    500: '#ae9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9237;
$custom-light: #cab173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66837,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9237

secondary

#7E8EC3

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9237

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

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