#AE9835#AE9835

#AE9835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9835
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -3.10, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 52.91, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0134 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3278, 31.7137, 7.9440)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9835 #354BAE

analogous

#AE5C35 #AE9835 #88AE35

triadic

#AE9835 #35AE98 #9835AE

tetradic

#AE9835 #35AE5C #354BAE #AE3588

square

#AE9835 #35AE5C #354BAE #AE3588

split-complementary

#AE9835 #3588AE #5C35AE

monochromatic

#504618 #7F6F27 #AE9835 #CBB655 #DACA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9835

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9835	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab672',
    500: '#ae9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9835;
$custom-light: #cab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68093,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9835

secondary

#7C89C3

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9835

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

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