#AE9A33#AE9A33

#AE9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A33
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -4.29, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 54.35, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.017 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(29.6101, 32.3503, 7.8159)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A33 #3347AE

analogous

#AE5D33 #AE9A33 #85AE33

triadic

#AE9A33 #33AE9A #9A33AE

tetradic

#AE9A33 #33AE5D #3347AE #AE3385

square

#AE9A33 #33AE5D #3347AE #AE3385

split-complementary

#AE9A33 #3385AE #5D33AE

monochromatic

#4F4617 #7F7025 #AE9A33 #CCB852 #DACC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AE9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A33

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A33	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab771',
    500: '#ae9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a33;
$custom-light: #cab771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68504,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.32349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A33

secondary

#7985C3

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A33

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

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