#AE9F25#AE9F25
#AE9F25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AE9F25 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 159, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 65%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 79%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.91, -7.59, 60.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.91, 60.98, 97.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.49% -0.0278 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.49% 0.135 101.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1891, 33.9299, 6.7089) |
| Luminance | 0.3393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.11
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.46
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.68
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.92
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.46
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AE9F25 #2534AE
analogous
#AE5B25 #AE9F25 #79AE25
triadic
#AE9F25 #25AE9F #9F25AE
tetradic
#AE9F25 #25AE5B #2534AE #AE2579
square
#AE9F25 #25AE5B #2534AE #AE2579
split-complementary
#AE9F25 #2579AE #5B25AE
monochromatic
#494310 #7C711A #AE9F25 #D5C43B #E0D36D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#AE9F25 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.79
#AE9F25 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AE9F25
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AE9F25 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AE9F25 | 1.00 | 2.70 | 7.79 | 7.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A04
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A02E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC9388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ae9f25; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.135 101.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabb6a',
500: '#ae9f25',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ae9f25; $custom-light: #cabb6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ae9f25",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 159,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.431,
"s": 64.929,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69489,
"c": 0.13451,
"h": 101.9
},
"luminance": 0.33929
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AE9F25
secondary
#6873C6
accent
#52E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A