#AE9430#AE9430

#AE9430 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9430
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -1.20, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 53.77, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0085 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.12 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5805, 30.3935, 7.1569)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9430 #304AAE

analogous

#AE5530 #AE9430 #89AE30

triadic

#AE9430 #30AE94 #9430AE

tetradic

#AE9430 #30AE55 #304AAE #AE3089

square

#AE9430 #30AE55 #304AAE #AE3089

split-complementary

#AE9430 #3089AE #5530AE

monochromatic

#4E4216 #7E6B23 #AE9430 #CEB34D #DBC87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AE9430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9430

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9430	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36f',
    500: '#ae9430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9430;
$custom-light: #cab36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.672,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9430

secondary

#7686C4

accent

#67E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9430

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

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