#AE9425#AE9425

#AE9425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9425
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -1.68, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 57.82, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0111 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(28.3810, 30.3137, 6.1062)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9425 #253FAE

analogous

#AE5025 #AE9425 #84AE25

triadic

#AE9425 #25AE94 #9425AE

tetradic

#AE9425 #25AE50 #253FAE #AE2584

square

#AE9425 #25AE50 #253FAE #AE2584

split-complementary

#AE9425 #2584AE #5025AE

monochromatic

#493E10 #7C691A #AE9425 #D5B83B #E0CA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9425

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9425	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)

#A4910C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab369',
    500: '#ae9425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9425;
$custom-light: #cab369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67125,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.30312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9425

secondary

#687AC6

accent

#60E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9425

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

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