#AE9932#AE9932

#AE9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9932
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -3.80, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 54.44, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0157 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4239, 32.0129, 7.6463)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9932 #3247AE

analogous

#AE5B32 #AE9932 #85AE32

triadic

#AE9932 #32AE99 #9932AE

tetradic

#AE9932 #32AE5B #3247AE #AE3285

square

#AE9932 #32AE5B #3247AE #AE3285

split-complementary

#AE9932 #3285AE #5B32AE

monochromatic

#4F4517 #7E6F24 #AE9932 #CDB850 #DACB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9932

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9932	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)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab670',
    500: '#ae9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9932;
$custom-light: #cab670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68282,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9932

secondary

#7885C4

accent

#62DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9932

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

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