#AE9424#AE9424

#AE9424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9424
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -1.72, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 58.16, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0113 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.127 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3655, 30.3075, 6.0246)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9424 #243EAE

analogous

#AE4F24 #AE9424 #83AE24

triadic

#AE9424 #24AE94 #9424AE

tetradic

#AE9424 #24AE4F #243EAE #AE2483

square

#AE9424 #24AE4F #243EAE #AE2483

split-complementary

#AE9424 #2483AE #4F24AE

monochromatic

#493E0F #7B691A #AE9424 #D6B839 #E1CB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9424

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9424	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)

#A49109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab369',
    500: '#ae9424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9424;
$custom-light: #cab369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9424

secondary

#6779C7

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9424

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

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