#AE9E39#AE9E39

#AE9E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E39
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -6.09, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 53.18, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0214 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4223, 33.7491, 8.7819)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E39 #3949AE

analogous

#AE6439 #AE9E39 #83AE39

triadic

#AE9E39 #39AE9E #9E39AE

tetradic

#AE9E39 #39AE64 #3949AE #AE3983

square

#AE9E39 #39AE64 #3949AE #AE3983

split-complementary

#AE9E39 #3983AE #6439AE

monochromatic

#524A1B #80742A #AE9E39 #C9BA5B #D8CE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AE9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E39

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E39	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba75',
    500: '#ae9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e39;
$custom-light: #c9ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69416,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E39

secondary

#8089C3

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E39

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

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