#AE9E2B#AE9E2B

#AE9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E2B
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -6.81, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 58.64, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.025 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.13 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1199, 33.6282, 7.1894)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E2B #2B3BAE

analogous

#AE5D2B #AE9E2B #7CAE2B

triadic

#AE9E2B #2BAE9E #9E2BAE

tetradic

#AE9E2B #2BAE5D #2B3BAE #AE2B7C

square

#AE9E2B #2BAE5D #2B3BAE #AE2B7C

split-complementary

#AE9E2B #2B7CAE #5D2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4513 #7D711F #AE9E2B #D1C045 #DDD176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E2B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E2B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6d',
    500: '#ae9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e2b;
$custom-light: #caba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69308,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E2B

secondary

#707AC5

accent

#58E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E2B

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

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