#AE9C2B#AE9C2B

#AE9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C2B
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -5.75, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 58.01, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.022 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7815, 32.9515, 7.0766)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C2B #2B3DAE

analogous

#AE5B2B #AE9C2B #7EAE2B

triadic

#AE9C2B #2BAE9C #9C2BAE

tetradic

#AE9C2B #2BAE5B #2B3DAE #AE2B7E

square

#AE9C2B #2BAE5B #2B3DAE #AE2B7E

split-complementary

#AE9C2B #2B7EAE #5B2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4413 #7D701F #AE9C2B #D1BE45 #DDCF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AE9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C2B

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C2B	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86d',
    500: '#ae9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c2b;
$custom-light: #cab86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68876,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C2B

secondary

#707CC5

accent

#5AE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C2B

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

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