#AE9938#AE9938

#AE9938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9938
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -3.47, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 51.96, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0141 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5620, 32.0681, 8.3733)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9938 #384DAE

analogous

#AE5E38 #AE9938 #88AE38

triadic

#AE9938 #38AE99 #9938AE

tetradic

#AE9938 #38AE5E #384DAE #AE3888

square

#AE9938 #38AE5E #384DAE #AE3888

split-complementary

#AE9938 #3888AE #5E38AE

monochromatic

#51481A #807029 #AE9938 #CAB659 #D9CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9938

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9938	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)

#A8962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b674',
    500: '#ae9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9938;
$custom-light: #c9b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68333,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9938

secondary

#7F8BC3

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9938

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

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