#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
RGBrgb(174, 151, 65)
HSLhsl(47, 46%, 47%)
HSVhsv(47, 63%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.94, -1.81, 47.30)
CIE-LCHlch(62.94, 47.34, 92.20°)
OKLaboklab(68% -0.0082 0.1086)
OKLCHoklch(68% 0.109 94.3)
XYZxyz(29.4776, 31.5150, 9.5303)
Luminance0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE97411.002.887.307.30
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3021.001.001.00
##0000007.3021.001.001.00

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

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#AE9741 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva