#AE9534#AE9534

#AE9534 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9534
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -1.53, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 52.43, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.009 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8243, 30.7431, 7.6639)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9534 #344DAE

analogous

#AE5834 #AE9534 #8AAE34

triadic

#AE9534 #34AE95 #9534AE

tetradic

#AE9534 #34AE58 #344DAE #AE348A

square

#AE9534 #34AE58 #344DAE #AE348A

split-complementary

#AE9534 #348AAE #5834AE

monochromatic

#504418 #7F6D26 #AE9534 #CCB353 #DAC883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AE9534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9534

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9534	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab371',
    500: '#ae9534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9534;
$custom-light: #cab371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67445,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9534

secondary

#7B89C3

accent

#69DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9534

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

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