#AE9736#AE9736

#AE9736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9736
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -2.50, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 52.19, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0116 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.118 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1894, 31.3997, 8.0126)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9736 #364DAE

analogous

#AE5B36 #AE9736 #89AE36

triadic

#AE9736 #36AE97 #9736AE

tetradic

#AE9736 #36AE5B #364DAE #AE3689

square

#AE9736 #36AE5B #364DAE #AE3689

split-complementary

#AE9736 #3689AE #5B36AE

monochromatic

#514619 #7F6E28 #AE9736 #CBB456 #D9C985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9736

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9736	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab572',
    500: '#ae9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9736;
$custom-light: #cab572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67888,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9736

secondary

#7D8AC3

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9736

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

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