#AE9A30#AE9A30

#AE9A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A30
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -4.44, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 55.53, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0178 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5461, 32.3247, 7.4787)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A30 #3044AE

analogous

#AE5B30 #AE9A30 #83AE30

triadic

#AE9A30 #30AE9A #9A30AE

tetradic

#AE9A30 #30AE5B #3044AE #AE3083

square

#AE9A30 #30AE5B #3044AE #AE3083

split-complementary

#AE9A30 #3083AE #5B30AE

monochromatic

#4E4516 #7E7023 #AE9A30 #CEBA4D #DBCC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE9A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A30

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A30	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab76f',
    500: '#ae9a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a30;
$custom-light: #cab76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68481,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A30

secondary

#7682C4

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A30

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

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