#AE9930#AE9930

#AE9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9930
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -3.90, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 55.22, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0162 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3817, 31.9960, 7.4240)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9930 #3045AE

analogous

#AE5A30 #AE9930 #84AE30

triadic

#AE9930 #30AE99 #9930AE

tetradic

#AE9930 #30AE5A #3045AE #AE3084

square

#AE9930 #30AE5A #3045AE #AE3084

split-complementary

#AE9930 #3084AE #5A30AE

monochromatic

#4E4516 #7E6F23 #AE9930 #CEB94D #DBCC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE9930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9930

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9930	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66f',
    500: '#ae9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9930;
$custom-light: #cab66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9930

secondary

#7683C4

accent

#61E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9930

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

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