#AE9233#AE9233

#AE9233 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9233
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 0.05, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 52.00, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0046 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.116 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3335, 29.7971, 7.3904)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9233 #334FAE

analogous

#AE5433 #AE9233 #8DAE33

triadic

#AE9233 #33AE92 #9233AE

tetradic

#AE9233 #33AE54 #334FAE #AE338D

square

#AE9233 #33AE54 #334FAE #AE338D

split-complementary

#AE9233 #338DAE #5433AE

monochromatic

#4F4317 #7F6A25 #AE9233 #CCB052 #DAC681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#AE9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9233

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9233	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)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab170',
    500: '#ae9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9233;
$custom-light: #cab170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66802,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9233

secondary

#798AC3

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9233

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

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