#AE9724#AE9724

#AE9724 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	#AE9724
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -3.35, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 58.96, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0159 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8421, 31.2608, 6.1835)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9724 #243BAE

analogous

#AE5224 #AE9724 #80AE24

triadic

#AE9724 #24AE97 #9724AE

tetradic

#AE9724 #24AE52 #243BAE #AE2480

square

#AE9724 #24AE52 #243BAE #AE2480

split-complementary

#AE9724 #2480AE #5224AE

monochromatic

#493F0F #7B6B1A #AE9724 #D6BC39 #E1CD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9724

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9724	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)

#A79307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab569',
    500: '#ae9724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9724;
$custom-light: #cab569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9724

secondary

#6777C7

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9724

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

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