#AE9D38#AE9D38

#AE9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D38
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -5.62, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 53.27, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0202 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2277, 33.3995, 8.5952)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D38 #3849AE

analogous

#AE6238 #AE9D38 #84AE38

triadic

#AE9D38 #38AE9D #9D38AE

tetradic

#AE9D38 #38AE62 #3849AE #AE3884

square

#AE9D38 #38AE62 #3849AE #AE3884

split-complementary

#AE9D38 #3884AE #6238AE

monochromatic

#51491A #807329 #AE9D38 #CABA59 #D9CD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D38

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D38	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b974',
    500: '#ae9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d38;
$custom-light: #c9b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69191,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D38

secondary

#7F89C3

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D38

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

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