#AE9730#AE9730

#AE9730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9730
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -2.82, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 54.63, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0132 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.122 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0571, 31.3468, 7.3158)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9730 #3047AE

analogous

#AE5830 #AE9730 #86AE30

triadic

#AE9730 #30AE97 #9730AE

tetradic

#AE9730 #30AE58 #3047AE #AE3086

square

#AE9730 #30AE58 #3047AE #AE3086

split-complementary

#AE9730 #3086AE #5830AE

monochromatic

#4E4416 #7E6D23 #AE9730 #CEB64D #DBCA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE9730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9730

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9730	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56f',
    500: '#ae9730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9730;
$custom-light: #cab56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9730

secondary

#7684C4

accent

#64E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9730

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

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