#AE9E33#AE9E33

#AE9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E33
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -6.43, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 55.64, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0231 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2813, 33.6928, 8.0396)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E33 #3343AE

analogous

#AE6133 #AE9E33 #81AE33

triadic

#AE9E33 #33AE9E #9E33AE

tetradic

#AE9E33 #33AE61 #3343AE #AE3381

square

#AE9E33 #33AE61 #3343AE #AE3381

split-complementary

#AE9E33 #3381AE #6133AE

monochromatic

#4F4817 #7F7325 #AE9E33 #CCBC52 #DACF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E33

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E33	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)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba71',
    500: '#ae9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e33;
$custom-light: #caba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69366,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E33

secondary

#7983C3

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E33

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

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