#AE9744#AE9744

#AE9744 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.106 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9744
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -1.60, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 45.95, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0072 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.106 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5668, 31.5507, 10.0002)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9744 #445BAE

analogous

#AE6244 #AE9744 #90AE44

triadic

#AE9744 #44AE97 #9744AE

tetradic

#AE9744 #44AE62 #445BAE #AE4490

square

#AE9744 #44AE62 #445BAE #AE4490

split-complementary

#AE9744 #4490AE #6244AE

monochromatic

#564B22 #827133 #AE9744 #C5B16A #D6C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AE9744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9744

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9744	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.106 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b57b',
    500: '#ae9744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9744;
$custom-light: #c9b57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.981,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68028,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9744

secondary

#8C98C2

accent

#70D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9744

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

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