#AE9339#AE9339

#AE9339 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9339
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -0.16, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 49.72, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0044 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.113 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6292, 30.1631, 8.1842)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9339 #3954AE

analogous

#AE5939 #AE9339 #8EAE39

triadic

#AE9339 #39AE93 #9339AE

tetradic

#AE9339 #39AE59 #3954AE #AE398E

square

#AE9339 #39AE59 #3954AE #AE398E

split-complementary

#AE9339 #398EAE #5939AE

monochromatic

#52451B #806C2A #AE9339 #C9B05B #D8C689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AE9339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#AE9339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9339

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9339	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)

#A2912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b274',
    500: '#ae9339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9339;
$custom-light: #c9b274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67067,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9339

secondary

#8090C3

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9339

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

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