#AE9731#AE9731

#AE9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.121 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9731
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -2.77, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 54.23, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0129 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.121 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0780, 31.3552, 7.4257)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9731 #3148AE

analogous

#AE5831 #AE9731 #86AE31

triadic

#AE9731 #31AE97 #9731AE

tetradic

#AE9731 #31AE58 #3148AE #AE3186

square

#AE9731 #31AE58 #3148AE #AE3186

split-complementary

#AE9731 #3186AE #5831AE

monochromatic

#4E4416 #7E6E24 #AE9731 #CDB64F #DBCA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9731

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9731	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)

#A79422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.121 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab570',
    500: '#ae9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9731;
$custom-light: #cab570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67846,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9731

secondary

#7785C4

accent

#64DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9731

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →