#AE9C32#AE9C32

#AE9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C32
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -5.41, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 55.38, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0203 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9211, 33.0073, 7.8120)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C32 #3244AE

analogous

#AE5E32 #AE9C32 #82AE32

triadic

#AE9C32 #32AE9C #9C32AE

tetradic

#AE9C32 #32AE5E #3244AE #AE3282

square

#AE9C32 #32AE5E #3244AE #AE3282

split-complementary

#AE9C32 #3282AE #5E32AE

monochromatic

#4F4717 #7E7124 #AE9C32 #CDBB50 #DACD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C32

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C32	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)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab871',
    500: '#ae9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c32;
$custom-light: #cab871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C32

secondary

#7883C4

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C32

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

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