#AE9748#AE9748

#AE9748 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9748
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -1.30, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 44.05, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0059 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.103 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6931, 31.6012, 10.6652)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9748 #485FAE

analogous

#AE6448 #AE9748 #92AE48

triadic

#AE9748 #48AE97 #9748AE

tetradic

#AE9748 #48AE64 #485FAE #AE4892

square

#AE9748 #48AE64 #485FAE #AE4892

split-complementary

#AE9748 #4892AE #6448AE

monochromatic

#574C24 #837136 #AE9748 #C4B170 #D6C89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9748

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9748	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b57e',
    500: '#ae9748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9748;
$custom-light: #c9b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9748

secondary

#909BC2

accent

#72D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9748

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

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