#AE9739#AE9739

#AE9739 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9739
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -2.33, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 50.91, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0107 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2621, 31.4288, 8.3952)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9739 #3950AE

analogous

#AE5C39 #AE9739 #8AAE39

triadic

#AE9739 #39AE97 #9739AE

tetradic

#AE9739 #39AE5C #3950AE #AE398A

square

#AE9739 #39AE5C #3950AE #AE398A

split-complementary

#AE9739 #398AAE #5C39AE

monochromatic

#52471B #806F2A #AE9739 #C9B45B #D8C989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#AE9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9739

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9739	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b574',
    500: '#ae9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9739;
$custom-light: #c9b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67915,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9739

secondary

#808DC3

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9739

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

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