#AE9D34#AE9D34

#AE9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D34
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -5.84, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 54.91, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0213 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1337, 33.3619, 8.1004)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D34 #3445AE

analogous

#AE6034 #AE9D34 #82AE34

triadic

#AE9D34 #34AE9D #9D34AE

tetradic

#AE9D34 #34AE60 #3445AE #AE3482

square

#AE9D34 #34AE60 #3445AE #AE3482

split-complementary

#AE9D34 #3482AE #6034AE

monochromatic

#504818 #7F7226 #AE9D34 #CCBB53 #DACE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D34

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D34	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)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab972',
    500: '#ae9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d34;
$custom-light: #cab972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69158,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D34

secondary

#7B85C3

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D34

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

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