#AE9D33#AE9D33

#AE9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D33
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -5.90, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 55.31, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0216 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.124 100)
XYZ	xyz(30.1114, 33.3530, 7.9830)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D33 #3344AE

analogous

#AE6033 #AE9D33 #82AE33

triadic

#AE9D33 #33AE9D #9D33AE

tetradic

#AE9D33 #33AE60 #3344AE #AE3382

square

#AE9D33 #33AE60 #3344AE #AE3382

split-complementary

#AE9D33 #3382AE #6033AE

monochromatic

#4F4817 #7F7225 #AE9D33 #CCBB52 #DACE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D33

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab971',
    500: '#ae9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d33;
$custom-light: #cab971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.33352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D33

secondary

#7984C3

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D33

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

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