#AE9521#AE9521

#AE9521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9521
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -2.37, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 59.38, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0134 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(28.4791, 30.6050, 5.8459)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9521 #213AAE

analogous

#AE4F21 #AE9521 #80AE21

triadic

#AE9521 #21AE95 #9521AE

tetradic

#AE9521 #21AE4F #213AAE #AE2180

square

#AE9521 #21AE4F #213AAE #AE2180

split-complementary

#AE9521 #2180AE #4F21AE

monochromatic

#473D0D #7B6917 #AE9521 #D8BB34 #E2CC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AE9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9521

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9521	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab367',
    500: '#ae9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9521;
$custom-light: #cab367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67315,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.30603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9521

secondary

#6375C8

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9521

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

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