#AE9537#AE9537

#AE9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9537
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -1.36, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 51.17, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0082 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.115 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8940, 30.7710, 8.0312)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9537 #3750AE

analogous

#AE5A37 #AE9537 #8CAE37

triadic

#AE9537 #37AE95 #9537AE

tetradic

#AE9537 #37AE5A #3750AE #AE378C

square

#AE9537 #37AE5A #3750AE #AE378C

split-complementary

#AE9537 #378CAE #5A37AE

monochromatic

#51451A #7F6D28 #AE9537 #CAB258 #D9C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AE9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9537

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9537	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab373',
    500: '#ae9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9537;
$custom-light: #cab373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67471,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9537

secondary

#7E8CC3

accent

#6ADB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9537

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

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