#AE9F3B#AE9F3B

#AE9F3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F3B
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -6.51, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 52.68, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0224 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6444, 34.1120, 9.1069)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F3B #3B4AAE

analogous

#AE653B #AE9F3B #83AE3B

triadic

#AE9F3B #3BAE9F #9F3BAE

tetradic

#AE9F3B #3BAE65 #3B4AAE #AE3B83

square

#AE9F3B #3BAE65 #3B4AAE #AE3B83

split-complementary

#AE9F3B #3B83AE #653BAE

monochromatic

#534B1C #80752C #AE9F3B #C8BA5E #D8CE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F3B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F3B	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AD9A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb76',
    500: '#ae9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f3b;
$custom-light: #c9bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6965,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F3B

secondary

#828BC2

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F3B

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

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