#AE9B31#AE9B31

#AE9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B31
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -4.93, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 55.45, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.019 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7327, 32.6646, 7.6439)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B31 #3144AE

analogous

#AE5C31 #AE9B31 #82AE31

triadic

#AE9B31 #31AE9B #9B31AE

tetradic

#AE9B31 #31AE5C #3144AE #AE3182

square

#AE9B31 #31AE5C #3144AE #AE3182

split-complementary

#AE9B31 #3182AE #5C31AE

monochromatic

#4E4616 #7E7024 #AE9B31 #CDBA4F #DBCD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B31

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B31	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)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab870',
    500: '#ae9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b31;
$custom-light: #cab870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68703,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B31

secondary

#7783C4

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B31

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

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