#AE9E37#AE9E37

#AE9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E37
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -6.21, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 54.02, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.022 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.122 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3733, 33.7296, 8.5243)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E37 #3747AE

analogous

#AE6337 #AE9E37 #82AE37

triadic

#AE9E37 #37AE9E #9E37AE

tetradic

#AE9E37 #37AE63 #3747AE #AE3782

square

#AE9E37 #37AE63 #3747AE #AE3782

split-complementary

#AE9E37 #3782AE #6337AE

monochromatic

#514A1A #7F7428 #AE9E37 #CABB58 #D9CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AE9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E37

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E37	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba74',
    500: '#ae9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e37;
$custom-light: #c9ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69399,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E37

secondary

#7E87C3

accent

#60DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E37

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

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