#AE9732#AE9732

#AE9732 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9732
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -2.72, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 53.83, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0126 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(29.0993, 31.3637, 7.5381)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9732 #3249AE

analogous

#AE5932 #AE9732 #87AE32

triadic

#AE9732 #32AE97 #9732AE

tetradic

#AE9732 #32AE59 #3249AE #AE3287

square

#AE9732 #32AE59 #3249AE #AE3287

split-complementary

#AE9732 #3287AE #5932AE

monochromatic

#4F4417 #7E6E24 #AE9732 #CDB650 #DACA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE9732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9732

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9732	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)

#A69423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab570',
    500: '#ae9732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9732;
$custom-light: #cab570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67854,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.31362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9732

secondary

#7886C4

accent

#65DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9732

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

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