#AE9324#AE9324

#AE9324 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.126 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9324
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -1.18, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 57.90, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0097 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.126 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2093, 29.9951, 5.9725)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9324 #243FAE

analogous

#AE4E24 #AE9324 #84AE24

triadic

#AE9324 #24AE93 #9324AE

tetradic

#AE9324 #24AE4E #243FAE #AE2484

square

#AE9324 #24AE4E #243FAE #AE2484

split-complementary

#AE9324 #2484AE #4E24AE

monochromatic

#493D0F #7B681A #AE9324 #D6B739 #E1CA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE9324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AE9324 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9324

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9324	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.126 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab269',
    500: '#ae9324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9324;
$custom-light: #cab269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9324

secondary

#677AC7

accent

#60E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9324

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

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