#AE9833#AE9833

#AE9833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9833
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -3.21, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 53.73, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0139 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.121 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2828, 31.6957, 7.7068)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9833 #3349AE

analogous

#AE5A33 #AE9833 #87AE33

triadic

#AE9833 #33AE98 #9833AE

tetradic

#AE9833 #33AE5A #3349AE #AE3387

square

#AE9833 #33AE5A #3349AE #AE3387

split-complementary

#AE9833 #3387AE #5A33AE

monochromatic

#4F4517 #7F6F25 #AE9833 #CCB652 #DACA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9833

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9833	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)

#A79525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab671',
    500: '#ae9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9833;
$custom-light: #cab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68076,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9833

secondary

#7987C3

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9833

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

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