#AE9F2F#AE9F2F

#AE9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F2F
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -7.16, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 57.51, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0256 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3682, 34.0015, 7.6521)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F2F #2F3EAE

analogous

#AE5F2F #AE9F2F #7DAE2F

triadic

#AE9F2F #2FAE9F #9F2FAE

tetradic

#AE9F2F #2FAE5F #2F3EAE #AE2F7D

square

#AE9F2F #2FAE5F #2F3EAE #AE2F7D

split-complementary

#AE9F2F #2F7DAE #5F2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4715 #7E7322 #AE9F2F #CFBF4C #DCD07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F2F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6f',
    500: '#ae9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f2f;
$custom-light: #cabb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69552,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F2F

secondary

#757EC4

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F2F

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

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