#AE9239#AE9239

#AE9239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9239
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 0.39, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 49.44, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0029 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.112 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4744, 29.8535, 8.1326)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9239 #3955AE

analogous

#AE5739 #AE9239 #8FAE39

triadic

#AE9239 #39AE92 #9239AE

tetradic

#AE9239 #39AE57 #3955AE #AE398F

square

#AE9239 #39AE57 #3955AE #AE398F

split-complementary

#AE9239 #398FAE #5739AE

monochromatic

#52451B #806B2A #AE9239 #C9AF5B #D8C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#AE9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9239

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9239	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)

#A1902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b174',
    500: '#ae9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9239;
$custom-light: #c9b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66856,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9239

secondary

#8090C3

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9239

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

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