#AE9C33#AE9C33

#AE9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C33
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -5.36, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 54.98, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.02 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.124 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9430, 33.0160, 7.9269)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C33 #3345AE

analogous

#AE5F33 #AE9C33 #83AE33

triadic

#AE9C33 #33AE9C #9C33AE

tetradic

#AE9C33 #33AE5F #3345AE #AE3383

square

#AE9C33 #33AE5F #3345AE #AE3383

split-complementary

#AE9C33 #3383AE #5F33AE

monochromatic

#4F4717 #7F7225 #AE9C33 #CCBA52 #DACD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C33

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C33	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)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab871',
    500: '#ae9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c33;
$custom-light: #cab871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68934,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C33

secondary

#7984C3

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C33

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

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