#AE9735#AE9735

#AE9735 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9735
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -2.56, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 52.60, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0118 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1662, 31.3904, 7.8902)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9735 #354CAE

analogous

#AE5B35 #AE9735 #89AE35

triadic

#AE9735 #35AE97 #9735AE

tetradic

#AE9735 #35AE5B #354CAE #AE3589

square

#AE9735 #35AE5B #354CAE #AE3589

split-complementary

#AE9735 #3589AE #5B35AE

monochromatic

#504618 #7F6E27 #AE9735 #CBB555 #DAC984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9735

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9735	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)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab572',
    500: '#ae9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9735;
$custom-light: #cab572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9735

secondary

#7C89C3

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9735

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

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