#AE9745#AE9745

#AE9745 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9745
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -1.53, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 45.48, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0069 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.105 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5976, 31.5630, 10.1623)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9745 #455CAE

analogous

#AE6245 #AE9745 #91AE45

triadic

#AE9745 #45AE97 #9745AE

tetradic

#AE9745 #45AE62 #455CAE #AE4591

square

#AE9745 #45AE62 #455CAE #AE4591

split-complementary

#AE9745 #4591AE #6245AE

monochromatic

#564B22 #827134 #AE9745 #C5B16C #D6C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AE9745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9745

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9745	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)

#A5943D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b57c',
    500: '#ae9745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9745;
$custom-light: #c9b57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68039,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9745

secondary

#8D99C2

accent

#70D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9745

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

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