#AE9836#AE9836

#AE9836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9836
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -3.05, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 52.49, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0131 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3511, 31.7230, 8.0665)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9836 #364CAE

analogous

#AE5C36 #AE9836 #88AE36

triadic

#AE9836 #36AE98 #9836AE

tetradic

#AE9836 #36AE5C #364CAE #AE3688

square

#AE9836 #36AE5C #364CAE #AE3688

split-complementary

#AE9836 #3688AE #5C36AE

monochromatic

#514619 #7F6F28 #AE9836 #CBB556 #D9CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9836

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9836	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)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab672',
    500: '#ae9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9836;
$custom-light: #cab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9836

secondary

#7D8AC3

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9836

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

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