#AE9F23#AE9F23

#AE9F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F23
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -7.66, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 61.60, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0281 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.1585, 33.9177, 6.5480)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F23 #2332AE

analogous

#AE5923 #AE9F23 #77AE23

triadic

#AE9F23 #23AE9F #9F23AE

tetradic

#AE9F23 #23AE59 #2332AE #AE2377

square

#AE9F23 #23AE59 #2332AE #AE2377

split-complementary

#AE9F23 #2377AE #5923AE

monochromatic

#48420F #7B7019 #AE9F23 #D7C637 #E1D46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE9F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AE9F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F23

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F23	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6a',
    500: '#ae9f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f23;
$custom-light: #cabb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69478,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F23

secondary

#6670C7

accent

#51E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F23

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

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