#AE9F3D#AE9F3D

#AE9F3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9F3D
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -6.38, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 51.82, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0218 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6973, 34.1332, 9.3854)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9F3D #3D4CAE

analogous

#AE663D #AE9F3D #84AE3D

triadic

#AE9F3D #3DAE9F #9F3DAE

tetradic

#AE9F3D #3DAE66 #3D4CAE #AE3D84

square

#AE9F3D #3DAE66 #3D4CAE #AE3D84

split-complementary

#AE9F3D #3D84AE #663DAE

monochromatic

#534C1D #81762D #AE9F3D #C8BA61 #D7CE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#AE9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9F3D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9F3D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb77',
    500: '#ae9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9f3d;
$custom-light: #c9bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9F3D

secondary

#858DC2

accent

#62D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9F3D

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

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