#AE9031#AE9031

#AE9031 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9031
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 1.04, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 52.30, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.002 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.117 91)
XYZ	xyz(27.9847, 29.1686, 7.0612)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9031 #314FAE

analogous

#AE5131 #AE9031 #8DAE31

triadic

#AE9031 #31AE90 #9031AE

tetradic

#AE9031 #31AE51 #314FAE #AE318D

square

#AE9031 #31AE51 #314FAE #AE318D

split-complementary

#AE9031 #318DAE #5131AE

monochromatic

#4E4116 #7E6824 #AE9031 #CDAF4F #DBC57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE9031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AE9031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9031

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9031	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)

#A08E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06f',
    500: '#ae9031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9031;
$custom-light: #cab06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66364,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.29167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9031

secondary

#7789C4

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9031

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

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