#AE9535#AE9535

#AE9535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9535
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -1.48, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 52.01, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0087 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.117 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8471, 30.7522, 7.7838)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9535 #354EAE

analogous

#AE5835 #AE9535 #8BAE35

triadic

#AE9535 #35AE95 #9535AE

tetradic

#AE9535 #35AE58 #354EAE #AE358B

square

#AE9535 #35AE58 #354EAE #AE358B

split-complementary

#AE9535 #358BAE #5835AE

monochromatic

#504518 #7F6D27 #AE9535 #CBB355 #DAC884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AE9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9535

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9535	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)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab372',
    500: '#ae9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9535;
$custom-light: #cab372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67454,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9535

secondary

#7C8AC3

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9535

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

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