#AE9D2B#AE9D2B

#AE9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D2B
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -6.28, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 58.33, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0235 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9500, 33.2884, 7.1328)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D2B #2B3CAE

analogous

#AE5C2B #AE9D2B #7DAE2B

triadic

#AE9D2B #2BAE9D #9D2BAE

tetradic

#AE9D2B #2BAE5C #2B3CAE #AE2B7D

square

#AE9D2B #2BAE5C #2B3CAE #AE2B7D

split-complementary

#AE9D2B #2B7DAE #5C2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4413 #7D711F #AE9D2B #D1BF45 #DDD076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D2B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D2B	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96d',
    500: '#ae9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d2b;
$custom-light: #cab96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69092,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D2B

secondary

#707BC5

accent

#59E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D2B

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

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