#AE9B2D#AE9B2D

#AE9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B2D
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -5.12, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 56.98, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.02 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6520, 32.6323, 7.2189)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B2D #2D40AE

analogous

#AE5B2D #AE9B2D #80AE2D

triadic

#AE9B2D #2DAE9B #9B2DAE

tetradic

#AE9B2D #2DAE5B #2D40AE #AE2D80

square

#AE9B2D #2DAE5B #2D40AE #AE2D80

split-complementary

#AE9B2D #2D80AE #5B2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4414 #7D7020 #AE9B2D #D0BC48 #DCCE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B2D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B2D	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86e',
    500: '#ae9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b2d;
$custom-light: #cab86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68674,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B2D

secondary

#727EC4

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B2D

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

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