#AE9737#AE9737

#AE9737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9737
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -2.45, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 51.76, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0113 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2132, 31.4092, 8.1375)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9737 #374EAE

analogous

#AE5B37 #AE9737 #8AAE37

triadic

#AE9737 #37AE97 #9737AE

tetradic

#AE9737 #37AE5B #374EAE #AE378A

square

#AE9737 #37AE5B #374EAE #AE378A

split-complementary

#AE9737 #378AAE #5B37AE

monochromatic

#51461A #7F6F28 #AE9737 #CAB458 #D9C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9737

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9737	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b573',
    500: '#ae9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9737;
$custom-light: #c9b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67897,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9737

secondary

#7E8BC3

accent

#68DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9737

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

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