#AE9F35#AE9F35

#AE9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F35
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -6.85, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 55.17, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0241 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4976, 34.0533, 8.3340)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F35 #3544AE

analogous

#AE6335 #AE9F35 #81AE35

triadic

#AE9F35 #35AE9F #9F35AE

tetradic

#AE9F35 #35AE63 #3544AE #AE3581

square

#AE9F35 #35AE63 #3544AE #AE3581

split-complementary

#AE9F35 #3581AE #6335AE

monochromatic

#504918 #7F7427 #AE9F35 #CBBD55 #DACF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AE9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F35

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#ae9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f35;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69598,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F35

secondary

#7C85C3

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F35

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

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