#AE9A32#AE9A32

#AE9A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A32
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -4.34, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 54.75, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0173 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5883, 32.3416, 7.7010)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A32 #3246AE

analogous

#AE5C32 #AE9A32 #84AE32

triadic

#AE9A32 #32AE9A #9A32AE

tetradic

#AE9A32 #32AE5C #3246AE #AE3284

square

#AE9A32 #32AE5C #3246AE #AE3284

split-complementary

#AE9A32 #3284AE #5C32AE

monochromatic

#4F4617 #7E7024 #AE9A32 #CDB950 #DACC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AE9A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A32

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A32	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab770',
    500: '#ae9a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a32;
$custom-light: #cab770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68496,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A32

secondary

#7884C4

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A32

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

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