#AE9F32#AE9F32

#AE9F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F32
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -7.01, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 56.36, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0248 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4308, 34.0266, 7.9819)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F32 #3241AE

analogous

#AE6132 #AE9F32 #7FAE32

triadic

#AE9F32 #32AE9F #9F32AE

tetradic

#AE9F32 #32AE61 #3241AE #AE327F

square

#AE9F32 #32AE61 #3241AE #AE327F

split-complementary

#AE9F32 #327FAE #6132AE

monochromatic

#4F4817 #7E7424 #AE9F32 #CDBE50 #DAD080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AE9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F32

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F32	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb71',
    500: '#ae9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f32;
$custom-light: #cabb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F32

secondary

#7881C4

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F32

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

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