#AE9625#AE9625

#AE9625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9625
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -2.77, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 58.35, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0142 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6974, 30.9465, 6.2116)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9625 #253DAE

analogous

#AE5225 #AE9625 #82AE25

triadic

#AE9625 #25AE96 #9625AE

tetradic

#AE9625 #25AE52 #253DAE #AE2582

square

#AE9625 #25AE52 #253DAE #AE2582

split-complementary

#AE9625 #2582AE #5225AE

monochromatic

#493F10 #7C6A1A #AE9625 #D5BA3B #E0CC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE9625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9625

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9625	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6930A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab469',
    500: '#ae9625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9625;
$custom-light: #cab469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67551,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9625

secondary

#6879C6

accent

#5DE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9625

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

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