#AE9E31#AE9E31

#AE9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E31
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -6.53, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 56.42, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0236 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2382, 33.6755, 7.8124)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E31 #3141AE

analogous

#AE5F31 #AE9E31 #7FAE31

triadic

#AE9E31 #31AE9E #9E31AE

tetradic

#AE9E31 #31AE5F #3141AE #AE317F

square

#AE9E31 #31AE5F #3141AE #AE317F

split-complementary

#AE9E31 #317FAE #5F31AE

monochromatic

#4E4716 #7E7324 #AE9E31 #CDBD4F #DBCF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E31

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba70',
    500: '#ae9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e31;
$custom-light: #caba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69351,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E31

secondary

#7781C4

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E31

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

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