#AE9D35#AE9D35

#AE9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D35
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -5.79, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 54.50, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.021 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1565, 33.3710, 8.2203)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D35 #3546AE

analogous

#AE6035 #AE9D35 #83AE35

triadic

#AE9D35 #35AE9D #9D35AE

tetradic

#AE9D35 #35AE60 #3546AE #AE3583

square

#AE9D35 #35AE60 #3546AE #AE3583

split-complementary

#AE9D35 #3583AE #6035AE

monochromatic

#504818 #7F7327 #AE9D35 #CBBB55 #DACD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D35

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D35	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b972',
    500: '#ae9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d35;
$custom-light: #c9b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69166,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D35

secondary

#7C86C3

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D35

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

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