#AE9934#AE9934

#AE9934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9934
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -3.70, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 53.63, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0152 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.121 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4680, 32.0305, 7.8785)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9934 #3449AE

analogous

#AE5C34 #AE9934 #86AE34

triadic

#AE9934 #34AE99 #9934AE

tetradic

#AE9934 #34AE5C #3449AE #AE3486

square

#AE9934 #34AE5C #3449AE #AE3486

split-complementary

#AE9934 #3486AE #5C34AE

monochromatic

#504618 #7F7026 #AE9934 #CCB753 #DACB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9934

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9934	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab671',
    500: '#ae9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9934;
$custom-light: #cab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68298,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9934

secondary

#7B87C3

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9934

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

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