#AE9531#AE9531

#AE9531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9531
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -1.69, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 53.65, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0098 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7589, 30.7169, 7.3193)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9531 #314AAE

analogous

#AE5631 #AE9531 #88AE31

triadic

#AE9531 #31AE95 #9531AE

tetradic

#AE9531 #31AE56 #314AAE #AE3188

square

#AE9531 #31AE56 #314AAE #AE3188

split-complementary

#AE9531 #3188AE #5631AE

monochromatic

#4E4316 #7E6C24 #AE9531 #CDB44F #DBC87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9531

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9531	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36f',
    500: '#ae9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9531;
$custom-light: #cab36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6742,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9531

secondary

#7786C4

accent

#67DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9531

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

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