#AE9023#AE9023

#AE9023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9023
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 0.42, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 57.50, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0053 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.125 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7338, 29.0682, 5.7397)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9023 #2341AE

analogous

#AE4A23 #AE9023 #86AE23

triadic

#AE9023 #23AE90 #9023AE

tetradic

#AE9023 #23AE4A #2341AE #AE2386

square

#AE9023 #23AE4A #2341AE #AE2386

split-complementary

#AE9023 #2386AE #4A23AE

monochromatic

#483C0F #7B6619 #AE9023 #D7B437 #E1C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE9023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9023

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9023	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab068',
    500: '#ae9023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9023;
$custom-light: #cab068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9023

secondary

#667BC7

accent

#63E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9023

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

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