#AE9525#AE9525

#AE9525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9525
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -2.23, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 58.09, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0126 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.127 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5385, 30.6287, 6.1587)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9525 #253EAE

analogous

#AE5125 #AE9525 #83AE25

triadic

#AE9525 #25AE95 #9525AE

tetradic

#AE9525 #25AE51 #253EAE #AE2583

square

#AE9525 #25AE51 #253EAE #AE2583

split-complementary

#AE9525 #2583AE #5125AE

monochromatic

#493F10 #7C6A1A #AE9525 #D5B93B #E0CB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE9525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9525

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9525	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5920B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab369',
    500: '#ae9525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9525;
$custom-light: #cab369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9525

secondary

#6879C6

accent

#5FE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9525

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

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