#AE9734#AE9734

#AE9734 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9734
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -2.62, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 53.02, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0121 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.119 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1434, 31.3813, 7.7703)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9734 #344BAE

analogous

#AE5A34 #AE9734 #88AE34

triadic

#AE9734 #34AE97 #9734AE

tetradic

#AE9734 #34AE5A #344BAE #AE3488

square

#AE9734 #34AE5A #344BAE #AE3488

split-complementary

#AE9734 #3488AE #5A34AE

monochromatic

#504518 #7F6E26 #AE9734 #CCB553 #DAC983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE9734 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9734

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9734	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab571',
    500: '#ae9734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9734;
$custom-light: #cab571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9734

secondary

#7B88C3

accent

#66DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9734

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

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