#AE9536#AE9536

#AE9536 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9536
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -1.42, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 51.59, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0084 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.116 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8703, 30.7615, 7.9062)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9536 #364FAE

analogous

#AE5936 #AE9536 #8BAE36

triadic

#AE9536 #36AE95 #9536AE

tetradic

#AE9536 #36AE59 #364FAE #AE368B

square

#AE9536 #36AE59 #364FAE #AE368B

split-complementary

#AE9536 #368BAE #5936AE

monochromatic

#514519 #7F6D28 #AE9536 #CBB256 #D9C885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AE9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9536

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9536	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab372',
    500: '#ae9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9536;
$custom-light: #cab372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9536

secondary

#7D8BC3

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9536

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

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