#AE9831#AE9831

#AE9831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9831
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -3.31, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 54.53, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0144 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2396, 31.6784, 7.4795)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9831 #3147AE

analogous

#AE5931 #AE9831 #85AE31

triadic

#AE9831 #31AE98 #9831AE

tetradic

#AE9831 #31AE59 #3147AE #AE3185

square

#AE9831 #31AE59 #3147AE #AE3185

split-complementary

#AE9831 #3185AE #5931AE

monochromatic

#4E4516 #7E6E24 #AE9831 #CDB74F #DBCB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9831

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9831	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab670',
    500: '#ae9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9831;
$custom-light: #cab670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9831

secondary

#7785C4

accent

#63DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9831

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

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