#AE9524#AE9524

#AE9524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9524
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -2.26, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 58.42, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0128 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5230, 30.6225, 6.0771)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9524 #243DAE

analogous

#AE5024 #AE9524 #82AE24

triadic

#AE9524 #24AE95 #9524AE

tetradic

#AE9524 #24AE50 #243DAE #AE2482

square

#AE9524 #24AE50 #243DAE #AE2482

split-complementary

#AE9524 #2482AE #5024AE

monochromatic

#493E0F #7B6A1A #AE9524 #D6BA39 #E1CB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AE9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9524

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9524	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)

#A59208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab369',
    500: '#ae9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9524;
$custom-light: #cab369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9524

secondary

#6778C7

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9524

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

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