#AE9935#AE9935

#AE9935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9935
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -3.64, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 53.22, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0149 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4908, 32.0397, 7.9984)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9935 #354AAE

analogous

#AE5D35 #AE9935 #87AE35

triadic

#AE9935 #35AE99 #9935AE

tetradic

#AE9935 #35AE5D #354AAE #AE3587

square

#AE9935 #35AE5D #354AAE #AE3587

split-complementary

#AE9935 #3587AE #5D35AE

monochromatic

#504718 #7F7027 #AE9935 #CBB755 #DACB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9935

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9935	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab672',
    500: '#ae9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9935;
$custom-light: #cab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68306,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9935

secondary

#7C88C3

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9935

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

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