#AE9230#AE9230

#AE9230 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9230
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -0.11, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 53.22, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0054 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.118 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2695, 29.7715, 7.0532)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9230 #304CAE

analogous

#AE5330 #AE9230 #8BAE30

triadic

#AE9230 #30AE92 #9230AE

tetradic

#AE9230 #30AE53 #304CAE #AE308B

square

#AE9230 #30AE53 #304CAE #AE308B

split-complementary

#AE9230 #308BAE #5330AE

monochromatic

#4E4216 #7E6A23 #AE9230 #CEB14D #DBC67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE9230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AE9230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9230

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9230	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16f',
    500: '#ae9230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9230;
$custom-light: #cab16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66777,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9230

secondary

#7687C4

accent

#6AE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9230

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

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