#AE9E2F#AE9E2F

#AE9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E2F
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -6.63, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 57.18, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0241 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1969, 33.6590, 7.5950)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E2F #2F3FAE

analogous

#AE5E2F #AE9E2F #7EAE2F

triadic

#AE9E2F #2FAE9E #9E2FAE

tetradic

#AE9E2F #2FAE5E #2F3FAE #AE2F7E

square

#AE9E2F #2FAE5E #2F3FAE #AE2F7E

split-complementary

#AE9E2F #2F7EAE #5E2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4615 #7E7222 #AE9E2F #CFBE4C #DCD07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E2F

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E2F	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)

#AD991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6f',
    500: '#ae9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e2f;
$custom-light: #caba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E2F

secondary

#757FC4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E2F

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

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