#AE9B33#AE9B33

#AE9B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B33
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -4.82, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 54.66, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0185 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7758, 32.6818, 7.8712)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B33 #3346AE

analogous

#AE5E33 #AE9B33 #84AE33

triadic

#AE9B33 #33AE9B #9B33AE

tetradic

#AE9B33 #33AE5E #3346AE #AE3384

square

#AE9B33 #33AE5E #3346AE #AE3384

split-complementary

#AE9B33 #3384AE #5E33AE

monochromatic

#4F4717 #7F7125 #AE9B33 #CCB952 #DACC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B33

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B33	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab871',
    500: '#ae9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b33;
$custom-light: #cab871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68719,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B33

secondary

#7985C3

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B33

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

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