#AE9436#AE9436

#AE9436 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9436
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -0.88, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 51.30, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0069 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7128, 30.4464, 7.8537)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9436 #3650AE

analogous

#AE5836 #AE9436 #8CAE36

triadic

#AE9436 #36AE94 #9436AE

tetradic

#AE9436 #36AE58 #3650AE #AE368C

square

#AE9436 #36AE58 #3650AE #AE368C

split-complementary

#AE9436 #368CAE #5836AE

monochromatic

#514519 #7F6C28 #AE9436 #CBB256 #D9C785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AE9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9436

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9436	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab372',
    500: '#ae9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9436;
$custom-light: #cab372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67251,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9436

secondary

#7D8CC3

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9436

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

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