#AE9638#AE9638

#AE9638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9638
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -1.85, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 51.04, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0094 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0771, 31.0984, 8.2116)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9638 #3850AE

analogous

#AE5B38 #AE9638 #8BAE38

triadic

#AE9638 #38AE96 #9638AE

tetradic

#AE9638 #38AE5B #3850AE #AE388B

square

#AE9638 #38AE5B #3850AE #AE388B

split-complementary

#AE9638 #388BAE #5B38AE

monochromatic

#51461A #806E29 #AE9638 #CAB359 #D9C888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9638

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9638	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b473',
    500: '#ae9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9638;
$custom-light: #c9b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9638

secondary

#7F8DC3

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9638

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

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