#AE9F3A#AE9F3A

#AE9F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F3A
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -6.57, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 53.11, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0227 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6187, 34.1018, 8.9716)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F3A #3A49AE

analogous

#AE653A #AE9F3A #83AE3A

triadic

#AE9F3A #3AAE9F #9F3AAE

tetradic

#AE9F3A #3AAE65 #3A49AE #AE3A83

square

#AE9F3A #3AAE65 #3A49AE #AE3A83

split-complementary

#AE9F3A #3A83AE #653AAE

monochromatic

#524B1B #80752B #AE9F3A #C9BB5C #D8CE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F3A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F3A	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)

#AE9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb75',
    500: '#ae9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f3a;
$custom-light: #c9bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F3A

secondary

#818AC2

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F3A

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

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