#AE9635#AE9635

#AE9635 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9635
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -2.02, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 52.31, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0103 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.118 95)
XYZ	xyz(29.0059, 31.0699, 7.8368)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9635 #354DAE

analogous

#AE5A35 #AE9635 #8AAE35

triadic

#AE9635 #35AE96 #9635AE

tetradic

#AE9635 #35AE5A #354DAE #AE358A

square

#AE9635 #35AE5A #354DAE #AE358A

split-complementary

#AE9635 #358AAE #5A35AE

monochromatic

#504518 #7F6E27 #AE9635 #CBB455 #DAC984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AE9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9635

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9635	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab472',
    500: '#ae9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9635;
$custom-light: #cab472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.31068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9635

secondary

#7C8AC3

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9635

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

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