#AE9832#AE9832

#AE9832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9832
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -3.26, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 54.13, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0142 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2610, 31.6869, 7.5919)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9832 #3248AE

analogous

#AE5A32 #AE9832 #86AE32

triadic

#AE9832 #32AE98 #9832AE

tetradic

#AE9832 #32AE5A #3248AE #AE3286

square

#AE9832 #32AE5A #3248AE #AE3286

split-complementary

#AE9832 #3286AE #5A32AE

monochromatic

#4F4517 #7E6E24 #AE9832 #CDB750 #DACA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9832

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9832	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)

#A79523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab670',
    500: '#ae9832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9832;
$custom-light: #cab670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68068,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9832

secondary

#7886C4

accent

#64DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9832

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

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