#AE9B30#AE9B30

#AE9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B30
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -4.98, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 55.84, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0193 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7118, 32.6562, 7.5340)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B30 #3043AE

analogous

#AE5C30 #AE9B30 #82AE30

triadic

#AE9B30 #30AE9B #9B30AE

tetradic

#AE9B30 #30AE5C #3043AE #AE3082

square

#AE9B30 #30AE5C #3043AE #AE3082

split-complementary

#AE9B30 #3082AE #5C30AE

monochromatic

#4E4616 #7E7023 #AE9B30 #CEBB4D #DBCD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B30

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B30	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)

#AA971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86f',
    500: '#ae9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b30;
$custom-light: #cab86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68696,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B30

secondary

#7682C4

accent

#5FE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B30

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

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