#AE9439#AE9439

#AE9439 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9439
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -0.70, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 50.01, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.006 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.113 93)
XYZ	xyz(28.7854, 30.4755, 8.2363)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9439 #3953AE

analogous

#AE5A39 #AE9439 #8DAE39

triadic

#AE9439 #39AE94 #9439AE

tetradic

#AE9439 #39AE5A #3953AE #AE398D

square

#AE9439 #39AE5A #3953AE #AE398D

split-complementary

#AE9439 #398DAE #5A39AE

monochromatic

#52461B #806D2A #AE9439 #C9B15B #D8C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE9439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AE9439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9439

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9439	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)

#A3922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b374',
    500: '#ae9439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9439;
$custom-light: #c9b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67278,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.30474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9439

secondary

#808FC3

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9439

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

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