#AE9423#AE9423

#AE9423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9423
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -1.76, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 58.48, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0115 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3504, 30.3015, 5.9453)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9423 #233DAE

analogous

#AE4E23 #AE9423 #82AE23

triadic

#AE9423 #23AE94 #9423AE

tetradic

#AE9423 #23AE4E #233DAE #AE2382

square

#AE9423 #23AE4E #233DAE #AE2382

split-complementary

#AE9423 #2382AE #4E23AE

monochromatic

#483D0F #7B6919 #AE9423 #D7B937 #E1CB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9423

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9423	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A49106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab368',
    500: '#ae9423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9423;
$custom-light: #cab368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67113,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9423

secondary

#6678C7

accent

#5EE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9423

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

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