#AE9338#AE9338

#AE9338 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9338
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -0.22, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 50.16, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0047 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6045, 30.1532, 8.0541)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9338 #3853AE

analogous

#AE5838 #AE9338 #8EAE38

triadic

#AE9338 #38AE93 #9338AE

tetradic

#AE9338 #38AE58 #3853AE #AE388E

square

#AE9338 #38AE58 #3853AE #AE388E

split-complementary

#AE9338 #388EAE #5838AE

monochromatic

#51451A #806C29 #AE9338 #CAB059 #D9C688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AE9338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#AE9338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9338

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9338	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab273',
    500: '#ae9338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9338;
$custom-light: #cab273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67057,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9338

secondary

#7F8FC3

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9338

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

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