#AE9C38#AE9C38

#AE9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C38
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -5.08, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 52.93, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0187 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.0592, 33.0625, 8.5390)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C38 #384AAE

analogous

#AE6138 #AE9C38 #85AE38

triadic

#AE9C38 #38AE9C #9C38AE

tetradic

#AE9C38 #38AE61 #384AAE #AE3885

square

#AE9C38 #38AE61 #384AAE #AE3885

split-complementary

#AE9C38 #3885AE #6138AE

monochromatic

#51491A #807229 #AE9C38 #CAB959 #D9CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AE9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C38

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C38	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b874',
    500: '#ae9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c38;
$custom-light: #c9b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C38

secondary

#7F89C3

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C38

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

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