#AE9631#AE9631

#AE9631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.120 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9631
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -2.23, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 53.94, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0114 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.12 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9177, 31.0347, 7.3723)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9631 #3149AE

analogous

#AE5731 #AE9631 #87AE31

triadic

#AE9631 #31AE96 #9631AE

tetradic

#AE9631 #31AE57 #3149AE #AE3187

square

#AE9631 #31AE57 #3149AE #AE3187

split-complementary

#AE9631 #3187AE #5731AE

monochromatic

#4E4416 #7E6D24 #AE9631 #CDB54F #DBC97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AE9631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9631

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9631	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.120 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46f',
    500: '#ae9631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9631;
$custom-light: #cab46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67633,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9631

secondary

#7786C4

accent

#65DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9631

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

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