#AE9E30#AE9E30

#AE9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E30
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -6.58, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 56.80, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0238 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2173, 33.6672, 7.7025)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E30 #3040AE

analogous

#AE5F30 #AE9E30 #7FAE30

triadic

#AE9E30 #30AE9E #9E30AE

tetradic

#AE9E30 #30AE5F #3040AE #AE307F

square

#AE9E30 #30AE5F #3040AE #AE307F

split-complementary

#AE9E30 #307FAE #5F30AE

monochromatic

#4E4716 #7E7223 #AE9E30 #CEBE4D #DBCF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E30

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E30	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba70',
    500: '#ae9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e30;
$custom-light: #caba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E30

secondary

#7680C4

accent

#5BE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E30

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →