#AE9F30#AE9F30

#AE9F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F30
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -7.11, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 57.13, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0253 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3886, 34.0097, 7.7596)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F30 #303FAE

analogous

#AE6030 #AE9F30 #7EAE30

triadic

#AE9F30 #30AE9F #9F30AE

tetradic

#AE9F30 #30AE60 #303FAE #AE307E

square

#AE9F30 #30AE60 #303FAE #AE307E

split-complementary

#AE9F30 #307EAE #6030AE

monochromatic

#4E4716 #7E7323 #AE9F30 #CEBF4D #DBD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F30

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb70',
    500: '#ae9f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f30;
$custom-light: #cabb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6956,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F30

secondary

#767FC4

accent

#5AE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F30

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

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