#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
RGBrgb(174, 149, 37)
HSLhsl(49, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.4%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.19, -2.23, 58.04)
CIE-LCHlch(62.19, 58.09, 92.20°)
OKLaboklab(67.34% -0.0126 0.1263)
OKLCHoklch(67.34% 0.127 95.7)
XYZxyz(28.5385, 30.6287, 6.1587)
Luminance0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE95251.002.957.137.13
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1321.001.001.00
##0000007.1321.001.001.00

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

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#AE9525 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva