#AE9F31#AE9F31

#AE9F31 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	#AE9F31
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -7.06, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 56.75, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0251 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4094, 34.0180, 7.8695)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F31 #3140AE

analogous

#AE6031 #AE9F31 #7EAE31

triadic

#AE9F31 #31AE9F #9F31AE

tetradic

#AE9F31 #31AE60 #3140AE #AE317E

square

#AE9F31 #31AE60 #3140AE #AE317E

split-complementary

#AE9F31 #317EAE #6031AE

monochromatic

#4E4816 #7E7324 #AE9F31 #CDBE4F #DBD07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#AE9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F31

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F31	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)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb70',
    500: '#ae9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f31;
$custom-light: #cabb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F31

secondary

#7780C4

accent

#5BDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F31

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

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