#AE9F38#AE9F38

#AE9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F38
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -6.69, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 53.95, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0232 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5688, 34.0818, 8.7089)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F38 #3847AE

analogous

#AE6438 #AE9F38 #82AE38

triadic

#AE9F38 #38AE9F #9F38AE

tetradic

#AE9F38 #38AE64 #3847AE #AE3882

square

#AE9F38 #38AE64 #3847AE #AE3882

split-complementary

#AE9F38 #3882AE #6438AE

monochromatic

#514A1A #807529 #AE9F38 #CABB59 #D9CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F38

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F38	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#ae9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f38;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F38

secondary

#7F88C3

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F38

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

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