#AE9B2F#AE9B2F

#AE9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B2F
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -5.03, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 56.23, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0195 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(29.6914, 32.6480, 7.4265)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B2F #2F42AE

analogous

#AE5C2F #AE9B2F #81AE2F

triadic

#AE9B2F #2FAE9B #9B2FAE

tetradic

#AE9B2F #2FAE5C #2F42AE #AE2F81

square

#AE9B2F #2FAE5C #2F42AE #AE2F81

split-complementary

#AE9B2F #2F81AE #5C2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4515 #7E7022 #AE9B2F #CFBB4C #DCCD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B2F

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B2F	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86f',
    500: '#ae9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b2f;
$custom-light: #cab86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.32647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B2F

secondary

#7581C4

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B2F

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

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