#AE9C2F#AE9C2F

#AE9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C2F
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -5.56, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 56.54, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0211 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8585, 32.9823, 7.4822)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C2F #2F41AE

analogous

#AE5C2F #AE9C2F #80AE2F

triadic

#AE9C2F #2FAE9C #9C2FAE

tetradic

#AE9C2F #2FAE5C #2F41AE #AE2F80

square

#AE9C2F #2FAE5C #2F41AE #AE2F80

split-complementary

#AE9C2F #2F80AE #5C2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4615 #7E7122 #AE9C2F #CFBC4C #DCCE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AE9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AE9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C2F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C2F	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86f',
    500: '#ae9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c2f;
$custom-light: #cab86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C2F

secondary

#7580C4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C2F

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

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