#AE9421#AE9421

#AE9421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9421
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -1.83, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 59.12, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0119 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3216, 30.2899, 5.7933)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9421 #213BAE

analogous

#AE4D21 #AE9421 #81AE21

triadic

#AE9421 #21AE94 #9421AE

tetradic

#AE9421 #21AE4D #213BAE #AE2181

square

#AE9421 #21AE4D #213BAE #AE2181

split-complementary

#AE9421 #2181AE #4D21AE

monochromatic

#473C0D #7B6817 #AE9421 #D8BA34 #E2CC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE9421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9421

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9421	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab367',
    500: '#ae9421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9421;
$custom-light: #cab367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67102,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9421

secondary

#6376C8

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9421

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

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