#AE9637#AE9637

#AE9637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9637
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -1.91, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 51.46, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0097 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0529, 31.0887, 8.0841)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9637 #374FAE

analogous

#AE5A37 #AE9637 #8BAE37

triadic

#AE9637 #37AE96 #9637AE

tetradic

#AE9637 #37AE5A #374FAE #AE378B

square

#AE9637 #37AE5A #374FAE #AE378B

split-complementary

#AE9637 #378BAE #5A37AE

monochromatic

#51461A #7F6E28 #AE9637 #CAB358 #D9C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9637

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9637	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)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b473',
    500: '#ae9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9637;
$custom-light: #c9b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67684,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9637

secondary

#7E8CC3

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9637

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

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