#AE9F33#AE9F33

#AE9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F33
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -6.96, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 55.97, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0246 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4526, 34.0353, 8.0967)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F33 #3342AE

analogous

#AE6233 #AE9F33 #80AE33

triadic

#AE9F33 #33AE9F #9F33AE

tetradic

#AE9F33 #33AE62 #3342AE #AE3380

square

#AE9F33 #33AE62 #3342AE #AE3380

split-complementary

#AE9F33 #3380AE #6233AE

monochromatic

#4F4917 #7F7425 #AE9F33 #CCBD52 #DACF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AE9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F33

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb71',
    500: '#ae9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f33;
$custom-light: #cabb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F33

secondary

#7982C3

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F33

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

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