#AE9024#AE9024

#AE9024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.124 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9024
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 0.46, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 57.16, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0051 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.124 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7489, 29.0743, 5.8191)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9024 #2442AE

analogous

#AE4B24 #AE9024 #87AE24

triadic

#AE9024 #24AE90 #9024AE

tetradic

#AE9024 #24AE4B #2442AE #AE2487

square

#AE9024 #24AE4B #2442AE #AE2487

split-complementary

#AE9024 #2487AE #4B24AE

monochromatic

#493C0F #7B661A #AE9024 #D6B439 #E1C76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE9024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9024

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9024	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)

#A18E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.124 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab068',
    500: '#ae9024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9024;
$custom-light: #cab068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9024

secondary

#677CC7

accent

#64E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9024

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

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