#AE9751#AE9751

#AE9751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.094 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9751
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -0.56, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 39.66, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0026 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.094 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0085, 31.7274, 12.3263)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9751 #5168AE

analogous

#AE6851 #AE9751 #97AE51

triadic

#AE9751 #51AE97 #9751AE

tetradic

#AE9751 #51AE68 #5168AE #AE5197

square

#AE9751 #51AE68 #5168AE #AE5197

split-complementary

#AE9751 #5197AE #6851AE

monochromatic

#5A4F2A #84733E #AE9751 #C1B07B #D5C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AE9751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9751

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9751	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.094 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b583',
    500: '#ae9751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9751;
$custom-light: #c8b583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68192,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9751

secondary

#99A3C2

accent

#77CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9751

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

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