#AE9C30#AE9C30

#AE9C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C30
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -5.51, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 56.16, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0208 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8789, 32.9904, 7.5897)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C30 #3042AE

analogous

#AE5D30 #AE9C30 #81AE30

triadic

#AE9C30 #30AE9C #9C30AE

tetradic

#AE9C30 #30AE5D #3042AE #AE3081

square

#AE9C30 #30AE5D #3042AE #AE3081

split-complementary

#AE9C30 #3081AE #5D30AE

monochromatic

#4E4616 #7E7123 #AE9C30 #CEBC4D #DBCE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C30

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C30	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab870',
    500: '#ae9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c30;
$custom-light: #cab870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68911,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C30

secondary

#7681C4

accent

#5EE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C30

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

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