#AE9232#AE9232

#AE9232 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9232
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -0.01, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 52.41, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0049 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.117 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3117, 29.7884, 7.2755)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9232 #324EAE

analogous

#AE5432 #AE9232 #8CAE32

triadic

#AE9232 #32AE92 #9232AE

tetradic

#AE9232 #32AE54 #324EAE #AE328C

square

#AE9232 #32AE54 #324EAE #AE328C

split-complementary

#AE9232 #328CAE #5432AE

monochromatic

#4F4217 #7E6A24 #AE9232 #CDB150 #DAC680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE9232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#AE9232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9232

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9232	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab170',
    500: '#ae9232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9232;
$custom-light: #cab170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66793,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9232

secondary

#7889C4

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9232

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

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