#AE9733#AE9733

#AE9733 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9733
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -2.67, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 53.43, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0124 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.12 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1211, 31.3724, 7.6529)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9733 #334AAE

analogous

#AE5933 #AE9733 #88AE33

triadic

#AE9733 #33AE97 #9733AE

tetradic

#AE9733 #33AE59 #334AAE #AE3388

square

#AE9733 #33AE59 #334AAE #AE3388

split-complementary

#AE9733 #3388AE #5933AE

monochromatic

#4F4517 #7F6E25 #AE9733 #CCB552 #DACA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9733

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9733	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab571',
    500: '#ae9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9733;
$custom-light: #cab571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9733

secondary

#7987C3

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9733

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

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