#AE9830#AE9830

#AE9830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9830
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -3.36, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 54.92, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0147 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.123 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2187, 31.6701, 7.3696)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9830 #3046AE

analogous

#AE5930 #AE9830 #85AE30

triadic

#AE9830 #30AE98 #9830AE

tetradic

#AE9830 #30AE59 #3046AE #AE3085

square

#AE9830 #30AE59 #3046AE #AE3085

split-complementary

#AE9830 #3085AE #5930AE

monochromatic

#4E4416 #7E6E23 #AE9830 #CEB74D #DBCB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AE9830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9830

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9830	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66f',
    500: '#ae9830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9830;
$custom-light: #cab66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68052,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9830

secondary

#7684C4

accent

#62E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9830

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

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