#AE9030#AE9030

#AE9030 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9030
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 0.99, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 52.70, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0023 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.117 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9639, 29.1603, 6.9513)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9030 #304EAE

analogous

#AE5130 #AE9030 #8DAE30

triadic

#AE9030 #30AE90 #9030AE

tetradic

#AE9030 #30AE51 #304EAE #AE308D

square

#AE9030 #30AE51 #304EAE #AE308D

split-complementary

#AE9030 #308DAE #5130AE

monochromatic

#4E4116 #7E6823 #AE9030 #CEAF4D #DBC57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE9030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AE9030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9030

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9030	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06e',
    500: '#ae9030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9030;
$custom-light: #cab06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66356,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9030

secondary

#7688C4

accent

#6CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9030

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

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