#AE9F2D#AE9F2D

#AE9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F2D
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -7.26, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 58.24, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0261 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3287, 33.9858, 7.4445)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F2D #2D3CAE

analogous

#AE5E2D #AE9F2D #7DAE2D

triadic

#AE9F2D #2DAE9F #9F2DAE

tetradic

#AE9F2D #2DAE5E #2D3CAE #AE2D7D

square

#AE9F2D #2DAE5E #2D3CAE #AE2D7D

split-complementary

#AE9F2D #2D7DAE #5E2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4614 #7D7320 #AE9F2D #D0C048 #DCD179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F2D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F2D	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6e',
    500: '#ae9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f2d;
$custom-light: #cabb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F2D

secondary

#727CC4

accent

#58E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F2D

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

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