#AE9837#AE9837

#AE9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9837
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -2.99, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 52.07, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0128 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3748, 31.7325, 8.1914)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9837 #374DAE

analogous

#AE5D37 #AE9837 #88AE37

triadic

#AE9837 #37AE98 #9837AE

tetradic

#AE9837 #37AE5D #374DAE #AE3788

square

#AE9837 #37AE5D #374DAE #AE3788

split-complementary

#AE9837 #3788AE #5D37AE

monochromatic

#51471A #7F6F28 #AE9837 #CAB558 #D9CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AE9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9837

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9837	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)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ae9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9837;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6811,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9837

secondary

#7E8BC3

accent

#67DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9837

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

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