#AE9741#AE9741

#AE9741 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9741
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -1.81, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 47.34, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0082 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.109 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4776, 31.5150, 9.5303)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9741 #4158AE

analogous

#AE6041 #AE9741 #8FAE41

triadic

#AE9741 #41AE97 #9741AE

tetradic

#AE9741 #41AE60 #4158AE #AE418F

square

#AE9741 #41AE60 #4158AE #AE418F

split-complementary

#AE9741 #418FAE #6041AE

monochromatic

#554A20 #817030 #AE9741 #C6B266 #D7C893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AE9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9741

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9741	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)

#A69438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b579',
    500: '#ae9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9741;
$custom-light: #c9b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9741

secondary

#8995C2

accent

#6ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9741

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

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