#AE9D31#AE9D31

#AE9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D31
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -6.00, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 56.09, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0221 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0683, 33.3358, 7.7558)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D31 #3142AE

analogous

#AE5E31 #AE9D31 #80AE31

triadic

#AE9D31 #31AE9D #9D31AE

tetradic

#AE9D31 #31AE5E #3142AE #AE3180

square

#AE9D31 #31AE5E #3142AE #AE3180

split-complementary

#AE9D31 #3180AE #5E31AE

monochromatic

#4E4716 #7E7224 #AE9D31 #CDBC4F #DBCE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D31

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D31	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab970',
    500: '#ae9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d31;
$custom-light: #cab970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D31

secondary

#7782C4

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D31

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

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