#AE9D2F#AE9D2F

#AE9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D2F
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -6.10, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 56.86, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0226 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0270, 33.3193, 7.5384)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D2F #2F40AE

analogous

#AE5E2F #AE9D2F #7FAE2F

triadic

#AE9D2F #2FAE9D #9D2FAE

tetradic

#AE9D2F #2FAE5E #2F40AE #AE2F7F

square

#AE9D2F #2FAE5E #2F40AE #AE2F7F

split-complementary

#AE9D2F #2F7FAE #5E2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4615 #7E7222 #AE9D2F #CFBD4C #DCCF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D2F

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D2F	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96f',
    500: '#ae9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d2f;
$custom-light: #cab96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6912,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D2F

secondary

#757FC4

accent

#5CE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D2F

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

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