#AE9740#AE9740

#AE9740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9740
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -1.88, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 47.80, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0085 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.11 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4489, 31.5035, 9.3791)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9740 #4057AE

analogous

#AE6040 #AE9740 #8EAE40

triadic

#AE9740 #40AE97 #9740AE

tetradic

#AE9740 #40AE60 #4057AE #AE408E

square

#AE9740 #40AE60 #4057AE #AE408E

split-complementary

#AE9740 #408EAE #6040AE

monochromatic

#55491F #817030 #AE9740 #C6B265 #D7C892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AE9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9740

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9740	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b578',
    500: '#ae9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9740;
$custom-light: #c9b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67984,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9740

secondary

#8894C2

accent

#6ED652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9740

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

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