#AE9F24#AE9F24

#AE9F24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.135 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9F24
RGBrgb(174, 159, 36)
HSLhsl(53, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.90, -7.63, 60.81)
CIE-LCHlch(64.90, 61.29, 97.15°)
OKLaboklab(69.48% -0.028 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(69.48% 0.135 102)
XYZxyz(30.1736, 33.9237, 6.6273)
Luminance0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9F24 #2433AE
analogous
#AE5A24 #AE9F24 #78AE24
triadic
#AE9F24 #24AE9F #9F24AE
tetradic
#AE9F24 #24AE5A #2433AE #AE2478
square
#AE9F24 #24AE5A #2433AE #AE2478
split-complementary
#AE9F24 #2478AE #5A24AE
monochromatic
#49420F #7B711A #AE9F24 #D6C539 #E1D46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#AE9F24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78
#AE9F24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F24
7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9F24#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9F241.002.707.787.78
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7821.001.001.00
##0000007.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A01
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A02E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC9388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.135 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6a',
    500: '#ae9f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9f24;
$custom-light: #cabb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69484,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9F24
secondary
#6771C7
accent
#52E93F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F24

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#AE9F24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva