#AE9E32#AE9E32

#AE9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E32
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -6.48, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 56.03, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0233 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2595, 33.6841, 7.9248)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E32 #3242AE

analogous

#AE6032 #AE9E32 #80AE32

triadic

#AE9E32 #32AE9E #9E32AE

tetradic

#AE9E32 #32AE60 #3242AE #AE3280

square

#AE9E32 #32AE60 #3242AE #AE3280

split-complementary

#AE9E32 #3280AE #6032AE

monochromatic

#4F4817 #7E7324 #AE9E32 #CDBD50 #DACF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E32

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E32	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba71',
    500: '#ae9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e32;
$custom-light: #caba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E32

secondary

#7882C4

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E32

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

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