#AE9124#AE9124

#AE9124 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9124
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -0.09, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 57.40, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0066 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.125 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9010, 29.3785, 5.8698)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9124 #2441AE

analogous

#AE4C24 #AE9124 #86AE24

triadic

#AE9124 #24AE91 #9124AE

tetradic

#AE9124 #24AE4C #2441AE #AE2486

square

#AE9124 #24AE4C #2441AE #AE2486

split-complementary

#AE9124 #2486AE #4C24AE

monochromatic

#493C0F #7B671A #AE9124 #D6B539 #E1C86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9124 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9124

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9124	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab068',
    500: '#ae9124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9124;
$custom-light: #cab068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66483,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9124

secondary

#677BC7

accent

#63E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9124

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

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