#AE9931#AE9931

#AE9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9931
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -3.85, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 54.83, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.016 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4026, 32.0044, 7.5339)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9931 #3146AE

analogous

#AE5A31 #AE9931 #84AE31

triadic

#AE9931 #31AE99 #9931AE

tetradic

#AE9931 #31AE5A #3146AE #AE3184

square

#AE9931 #31AE5A #3146AE #AE3184

split-complementary

#AE9931 #3184AE #5A31AE

monochromatic

#4E4516 #7E6F24 #AE9931 #CDB84F #DBCB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9931

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9931	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)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab670',
    500: '#ae9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9931;
$custom-light: #cab670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68274,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9931

secondary

#7784C4

accent

#62DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9931

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

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