#AE9B35#AE9B35

#AE9B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B35
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -4.72, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 53.85, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.018 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8209, 32.6998, 8.1084)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B35 #3548AE

analogous

#AE5F35 #AE9B35 #84AE35

triadic

#AE9B35 #35AE9B #9B35AE

tetradic

#AE9B35 #35AE5F #3548AE #AE3584

square

#AE9B35 #35AE5F #3548AE #AE3584

split-complementary

#AE9B35 #3584AE #5F35AE

monochromatic

#504718 #7F7127 #AE9B35 #CBB955 #DACC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B35

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B35	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab872',
    500: '#ae9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b35;
$custom-light: #cab872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B35

secondary

#7C87C3

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B35

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

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