#AE9033#AE9033

#AE9033 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9033
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 1.14, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 51.47, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0015 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.115 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0279, 29.1859, 7.2885)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9033 #3351AE

analogous

#AE5333 #AE9033 #8FAE33

triadic

#AE9033 #33AE90 #9033AE

tetradic

#AE9033 #33AE53 #3351AE #AE338F

square

#AE9033 #33AE53 #3351AE #AE338F

split-complementary

#AE9033 #338FAE #5333AE

monochromatic

#4F4217 #7F6925 #AE9033 #CCAE52 #DAC481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE9033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#AE9033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9033

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9033	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab070',
    500: '#ae9033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9033;
$custom-light: #cab070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66381,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9033

secondary

#798BC3

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9033

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

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