#AE9738#AE9738

#AE9738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9738
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -2.39, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 51.34, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.011 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.116 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2374, 31.4189, 8.2651)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9738 #384FAE

analogous

#AE5C38 #AE9738 #8AAE38

triadic

#AE9738 #38AE97 #9738AE

tetradic

#AE9738 #38AE5C #384FAE #AE388A

square

#AE9738 #38AE5C #384FAE #AE388A

split-complementary

#AE9738 #388AAE #5C38AE

monochromatic

#51471A #806F29 #AE9738 #CAB459 #D9C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9738

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9738	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b574',
    500: '#ae9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9738;
$custom-light: #c9b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9738

secondary

#7F8CC3

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9738

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

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