#AE9937#AE9937

#AE9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9937
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -3.53, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 52.38, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0144 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.118 97)
XYZ	xyz(29.5378, 32.0584, 8.2457)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9937 #374CAE

analogous

#AE5E37 #AE9937 #87AE37

triadic

#AE9937 #37AE99 #9937AE

tetradic

#AE9937 #37AE5E #374CAE #AE3787

square

#AE9937 #37AE5E #374CAE #AE3787

split-complementary

#AE9937 #3787AE #5E37AE

monochromatic

#51471A #7F7028 #AE9937 #CAB658 #D9CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9937

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9937	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ae9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9937;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68324,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.32057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9937

secondary

#7E8AC3

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9937

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

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