#AE9936#AE9936

#AE9936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9936
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -3.59, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 52.80, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0146 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5140, 32.0489, 8.1208)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9936 #364BAE

analogous

#AE5D36 #AE9936 #87AE36

triadic

#AE9936 #36AE99 #9936AE

tetradic

#AE9936 #36AE5D #364BAE #AE3687

square

#AE9936 #36AE5D #364BAE #AE3687

split-complementary

#AE9936 #3687AE #5D36AE

monochromatic

#514719 #7F7028 #AE9936 #CBB656 #D9CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9936

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9936	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)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ae9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9936;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68315,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9936

secondary

#7D89C3

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9936

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

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