#AE9723#AE9723

#AE9723 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9723
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -3.38, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 59.28, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0161 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8271, 31.2548, 6.1042)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9723 #233AAE

analogous

#AE5123 #AE9723 #7FAE23

triadic

#AE9723 #23AE97 #9723AE

tetradic

#AE9723 #23AE51 #233AAE #AE237F

square

#AE9723 #23AE51 #233AAE #AE237F

split-complementary

#AE9723 #237FAE #5123AE

monochromatic

#483F0F #7B6B19 #AE9723 #D7BC37 #E1CD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9723

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9723	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab569',
    500: '#ae9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9723;
$custom-light: #cab569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67753,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9723

secondary

#6676C7

accent

#5BE93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9723

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

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