#AE9D37#AE9D37

#AE9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D37
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -5.68, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 53.68, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0205 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2035, 33.3898, 8.4676)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D37 #3748AE

analogous

#AE6237 #AE9D37 #83AE37

triadic

#AE9D37 #37AE9D #9D37AE

tetradic

#AE9D37 #37AE62 #3748AE #AE3783

square

#AE9D37 #37AE62 #3748AE #AE3783

split-complementary

#AE9D37 #3783AE #6237AE

monochromatic

#51491A #7F7328 #AE9D37 #CABA58 #D9CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D37

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D37	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b974',
    500: '#ae9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d37;
$custom-light: #c9b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D37

secondary

#7E88C3

accent

#61DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D37

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

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