#AE9838#AE9838

#AE9838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9838
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -2.93, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 51.65, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0125 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3990, 31.7422, 8.3189)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9838 #384EAE

analogous

#AE5D38 #AE9838 #89AE38

triadic

#AE9838 #38AE98 #9838AE

tetradic

#AE9838 #38AE5D #384EAE #AE3889

square

#AE9838 #38AE5D #384EAE #AE3889

split-complementary

#AE9838 #3889AE #5D38AE

monochromatic

#51471A #807029 #AE9838 #CAB559 #D9CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AE9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9838

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9838	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b674',
    500: '#ae9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9838;
$custom-light: #c9b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68119,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9838

secondary

#7F8CC3

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9838

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

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