#AE9B36#AE9B36

#AE9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B36
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -4.66, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 53.44, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0177 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.121 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8441, 32.7091, 8.2308)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B36 #3649AE

analogous

#AE5F36 #AE9B36 #85AE36

triadic

#AE9B36 #36AE9B #9B36AE

tetradic

#AE9B36 #36AE5F #3649AE #AE3685

square

#AE9B36 #36AE5F #3649AE #AE3685

split-complementary

#AE9B36 #3685AE #5F36AE

monochromatic

#514819 #7F7128 #AE9B36 #CBB856 #D9CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B36

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B36	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b873',
    500: '#ae9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b36;
$custom-light: #c9b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68744,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B36

secondary

#7D88C3

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B36

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

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