#AE9E35#AE9E35

#AE9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E35
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -6.32, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 54.84, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0226 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3264, 33.7108, 8.2769)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E35 #3545AE

analogous

#AE6235 #AE9E35 #82AE35

triadic

#AE9E35 #35AE9E #9E35AE

tetradic

#AE9E35 #35AE62 #3545AE #AE3582

square

#AE9E35 #35AE62 #3545AE #AE3582

split-complementary

#AE9E35 #3582AE #6235AE

monochromatic

#504918 #7F7327 #AE9E35 #CBBC55 #DACE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E35

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E35	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)

#AD9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba72',
    500: '#ae9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e35;
$custom-light: #c9ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69382,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E35

secondary

#7C85C3

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E35

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

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