#AE9321#AE9321

#AE9321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.128 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9321
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -1.29, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 58.87, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0103 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.128 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1654, 29.9776, 5.7413)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9321 #213CAE

analogous

#AE4D21 #AE9321 #82AE21

triadic

#AE9321 #21AE93 #9321AE

tetradic

#AE9321 #21AE4D #213CAE #AE2182

square

#AE9321 #21AE4D #213CAE #AE2182

split-complementary

#AE9321 #2182AE #4D21AE

monochromatic

#473C0D #7B6817 #AE9321 #D8B934 #E2CB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE9321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AE9321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9321

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9321	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.128 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab267',
    500: '#ae9321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9321;
$custom-light: #cab267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66889,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9321

secondary

#6376C8

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9321

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

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