#AE9B34#AE9B34

#AE9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B34
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -4.77, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 54.26, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0183 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7981, 32.6907, 7.9885)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B34 #3447AE

analogous

#AE5E34 #AE9B34 #84AE34

triadic

#AE9B34 #34AE9B #9B34AE

tetradic

#AE9B34 #34AE5E #3447AE #AE3484

square

#AE9B34 #34AE5E #3447AE #AE3484

split-complementary

#AE9B34 #3484AE #5E34AE

monochromatic

#504718 #7F7126 #AE9B34 #CCB953 #DACC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B34

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B34	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)

#AA9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab872',
    500: '#ae9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b34;
$custom-light: #cab872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68727,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B34

secondary

#7B86C3

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B34

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

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