#AE9D32#AE9D32

#AE9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D32
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -5.95, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 55.70, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0218 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(30.0896, 33.3443, 7.8682)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D32 #3243AE

analogous

#AE5F32 #AE9D32 #81AE32

triadic

#AE9D32 #32AE9D #9D32AE

tetradic

#AE9D32 #32AE5F #3243AE #AE3281

square

#AE9D32 #32AE5F #3243AE #AE3281

split-complementary

#AE9D32 #3281AE #5F32AE

monochromatic

#4F4717 #7E7224 #AE9D32 #CDBC50 #DACE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D32

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D32	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)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab971',
    500: '#ae9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d32;
$custom-light: #cab971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69142,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.33343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D32

secondary

#7883C4

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D32

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

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