#AE9F2B#AE9F2B

#AE9F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.131 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9F2B
RGBrgb(174, 159, 43)
HSLhsl(53, 60%, 43%)
HSVhsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.6%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.94, -7.35, 58.50)
CIE-LCHlch(64.94, 58.96, 97.16°)
OKLaboklab(69.53% -0.0265 0.1285)
OKLCHoklch(69.53% 0.131 101.7)
XYZxyz(30.2911, 33.9707, 7.2465)
Luminance0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9F2B #2B3AAE
analogous
#AE5E2B #AE9F2B #7BAE2B
triadic
#AE9F2B #2BAE9F #9F2BAE
tetradic
#AE9F2B #2BAE5E #2B3AAE #AE2B7B
square
#AE9F2B #2BAE5E #2B3AAE #AE2B7B
split-complementary
#AE9F2B #2B7BAE #5E2BAE
monochromatic
#4C4513 #7D721F #AE9F2B #D1C145 #DDD176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69
#AE9F2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79
#AE9F2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F2B
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9F2B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9F2B1.002.697.797.79
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A033
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC9389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.131 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6d',
    500: '#ae9f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9f2b;
$custom-light: #cabb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9F2B
secondary
#707AC5
accent
#57E444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141108
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#AE9F2B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva