#AE9C35#AE9C35

#AE9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C35
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -5.25, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 54.18, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0195 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9880, 33.0341, 8.1641)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C35 #3547AE

analogous

#AE5F35 #AE9C35 #84AE35

triadic

#AE9C35 #35AE9C #9C35AE

tetradic

#AE9C35 #35AE5F #3547AE #AE3584

square

#AE9C35 #35AE5F #3547AE #AE3584

split-complementary

#AE9C35 #3584AE #5F35AE

monochromatic

#504818 #7F7227 #AE9C35 #CBBA55 #DACD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C35

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C35	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab872',
    500: '#ae9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c35;
$custom-light: #cab872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6895,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C35

secondary

#7C86C3

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C35

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

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