#AE9C31#AE9C31

#AE9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C31
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -5.46, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 55.77, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0206 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8998, 32.9988, 7.6996)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C31 #3143AE

analogous

#AE5D31 #AE9C31 #81AE31

triadic

#AE9C31 #31AE9C #9C31AE

tetradic

#AE9C31 #31AE5D #3143AE #AE3181

square

#AE9C31 #31AE5D #3143AE #AE3181

split-complementary

#AE9C31 #3181AE #5D31AE

monochromatic

#4E4616 #7E7124 #AE9C31 #CDBB4F #DBCE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C31

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C31	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)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab870',
    500: '#ae9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c31;
$custom-light: #cab870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C31

secondary

#7782C4

accent

#5EDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C31

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

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