#AE9636#AE9636

#AE9636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9636
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -1.96, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 51.89, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.01 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.117 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0292, 31.0792, 7.9592)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9636 #364EAE

analogous

#AE5A36 #AE9636 #8AAE36

triadic

#AE9636 #36AE96 #9636AE

tetradic

#AE9636 #36AE5A #364EAE #AE368A

square

#AE9636 #36AE5A #364EAE #AE368A

split-complementary

#AE9636 #368AAE #5A36AE

monochromatic

#514519 #7F6E28 #AE9636 #CBB356 #D9C885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9636

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9636	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab472',
    500: '#ae9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9636;
$custom-light: #cab472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67675,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9636

secondary

#7D8BC3

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9636

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

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