#AE9238#AE9238

#AE9238 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.113 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9238
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 0.33, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 49.88, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0032 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.113 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4497, 29.8436, 8.0025)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9238 #3854AE

analogous

#AE5738 #AE9238 #8FAE38

triadic

#AE9238 #38AE92 #9238AE

tetradic

#AE9238 #38AE57 #3854AE #AE388F

square

#AE9238 #38AE57 #3854AE #AE388F

split-complementary

#AE9238 #388FAE #5738AE

monochromatic

#51441A #806B29 #AE9238 #CAAF59 #D9C588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#AE9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9238

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9238	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.113 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab173',
    500: '#ae9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9238;
$custom-light: #cab173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9238

secondary

#7F8FC3

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9238

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

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