#AE9D2C#AE9D2C

#AE9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D2C
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -6.24, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 57.97, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0233 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9686, 33.2959, 7.2306)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D2C #2C3DAE

analogous

#AE5C2C #AE9D2C #7EAE2C

triadic

#AE9D2C #2CAE9D #9D2CAE

tetradic

#AE9D2C #2CAE5C #2C3DAE #AE2C7E

square

#AE9D2C #2CAE5C #2C3DAE #AE2C7E

split-complementary

#AE9D2C #2C7EAE #5C2CAE

monochromatic

#4C4513 #7D7120 #AE9D2C #D0BE47 #DDD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D2C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96e',
    500: '#ae9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d2c;
$custom-light: #cab96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D2C

secondary

#717CC5

accent

#5AE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D2C

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

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