#AE9533#AE9533

#AE9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9533
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -1.59, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 52.84, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0093 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8020, 30.7341, 7.5465)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9533 #334CAE

analogous

#AE5833 #AE9533 #8AAE33

triadic

#AE9533 #33AE95 #9533AE

tetradic

#AE9533 #33AE58 #334CAE #AE338A

square

#AE9533 #33AE58 #334CAE #AE338A

split-complementary

#AE9533 #338AAE #5833AE

monochromatic

#4F4417 #7F6C25 #AE9533 #CCB352 #DAC881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AE9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9533

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9533	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab371',
    500: '#ae9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9533;
$custom-light: #cab371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67437,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9533

secondary

#7988C3

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9533

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

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