#AE9933#AE9933

#AE9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9933
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -3.75, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 54.03, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0155 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4458, 32.0216, 7.7611)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9933 #3348AE

analogous

#AE5C33 #AE9933 #86AE33

triadic

#AE9933 #33AE99 #9933AE

tetradic

#AE9933 #33AE5C #3348AE #AE3386

square

#AE9933 #33AE5C #3348AE #AE3386

split-complementary

#AE9933 #3386AE #5C33AE

monochromatic

#4F4617 #7F6F25 #AE9933 #CCB752 #DACB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9933

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9933	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)

#A89524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab671',
    500: '#ae9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9933;
$custom-light: #cab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6829,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9933

secondary

#7986C3

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9933

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

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