#AE9B32#AE9B32
#AE9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AE9B32 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 155, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 55%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 71%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.3%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.90, -4.88, 54.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.90, 55.06, 95.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.71% -0.0188 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.71% 0.124 98.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7540, 32.6731, 7.7563) |
| Luminance | 0.3267 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.71
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.51
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.59
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.76
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.44
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AE9B32 #3245AE
analogous
#AE5D32 #AE9B32 #83AE32
triadic
#AE9B32 #32AE9B #9B32AE
tetradic
#AE9B32 #32AE5D #3245AE #AE3283
square
#AE9B32 #32AE5D #3245AE #AE3283
split-complementary
#AE9B32 #3283AE #5D32AE
monochromatic
#4F4617 #7E7124 #AE9B32 #CDBA50 #DACD80
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.79
#AE9B32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.53
#AE9B32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AE9B32
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AE9B32 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AE9B32 | 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)
#AA9722
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC8F86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ae9b32; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 50); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 98.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cab871',
500: '#ae9b32',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ae9b32; $custom-light: #cab871; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ae9b32",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 155,
"b": 50
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.806,
"s": 55.357,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68711,
"c": 0.12354,
"h": 98.7
},
"luminance": 0.32672
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AE9B32
secondary
#7884C4
accent
#60DF49
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B