#AE9437#AE9437

#AE9437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9437
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -0.82, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 50.88, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0066 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7365, 30.4559, 7.9786)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9437 #3751AE

analogous

#AE5937 #AE9437 #8CAE37

triadic

#AE9437 #37AE94 #9437AE

tetradic

#AE9437 #37AE59 #3751AE #AE378C

square

#AE9437 #37AE59 #3751AE #AE378C

split-complementary

#AE9437 #378CAE #5937AE

monochromatic

#51451A #7F6C28 #AE9437 #CAB158 #D9C786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AE9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9437

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9437	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab373',
    500: '#ae9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9437;
$custom-light: #cab373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6726,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9437

secondary

#7E8DC3

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9437

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

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