#AE9A35#AE9A35

#AE9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A35
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -4.18, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 53.53, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0165 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6552, 32.3684, 8.0532)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A35 #3549AE

analogous

#AE5E35 #AE9A35 #85AE35

triadic

#AE9A35 #35AE9A #9A35AE

tetradic

#AE9A35 #35AE5E #3549AE #AE3585

square

#AE9A35 #35AE5E #3549AE #AE3585

split-complementary

#AE9A35 #3585AE #5E35AE

monochromatic

#504718 #7F7027 #AE9A35 #CBB855 #DACB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AE9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A35

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A35	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab772',
    500: '#ae9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a35;
$custom-light: #cab772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68521,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A35

secondary

#7C88C3

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A35

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

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