#AE9F28#AE9F28

#AE9F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F28
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -7.47, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 59.99, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0272 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2381, 33.9495, 6.9672)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F28 #2837AE

analogous

#AE5C28 #AE9F28 #7AAE28

triadic

#AE9F28 #28AE9F #9F28AE

tetradic

#AE9F28 #28AE5C #2837AE #AE287A

square

#AE9F28 #28AE5C #2837AE #AE287A

split-complementary

#AE9F28 #287AAE #5C28AE

monochromatic

#4A4411 #7C721D #AE9F28 #D3C340 #DFD272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE9F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AE9F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F28

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F28	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)

#AE9A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6c',
    500: '#ae9f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f28;
$custom-light: #cabb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F28

secondary

#6C76C6

accent

#54E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F28

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

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