#AE9834#AE9834

#AE9834 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9834
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -3.16, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 53.32, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0136 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3051, 31.7046, 7.8242)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9834 #344AAE

analogous

#AE5B34 #AE9834 #87AE34

triadic

#AE9834 #34AE98 #9834AE

tetradic

#AE9834 #34AE5B #344AAE #AE3487

square

#AE9834 #34AE5B #344AAE #AE3487

split-complementary

#AE9834 #3487AE #5B34AE

monochromatic

#504618 #7F6F26 #AE9834 #CCB653 #DACA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE9834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AE9834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9834

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9834	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)

#A79526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab671',
    500: '#ae9834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9834;
$custom-light: #cab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68084,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9834

secondary

#7B88C3

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9834

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

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