#AE9538#AE9538

#AE9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9538
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -1.30, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 50.74, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0079 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9182, 30.7806, 8.1587)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9538 #3851AE

analogous

#AE5A38 #AE9538 #8CAE38

triadic

#AE9538 #38AE95 #9538AE

tetradic

#AE9538 #38AE5A #3851AE #AE388C

square

#AE9538 #38AE5A #3851AE #AE388C

split-complementary

#AE9538 #388CAE #5A38AE

monochromatic

#51461A #806D29 #AE9538 #CAB259 #D9C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#AE9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9538

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9538	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b373',
    500: '#ae9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9538;
$custom-light: #c9b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67481,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9538

secondary

#7F8DC3

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9538

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

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