#AE9725#AE9725

#AE9725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9725
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -3.31, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 58.63, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0157 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(28.8576, 31.2670, 6.2650)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9725 #253CAE

analogous

#AE5325 #AE9725 #81AE25

triadic

#AE9725 #25AE97 #9725AE

tetradic

#AE9725 #25AE53 #253CAE #AE2581

square

#AE9725 #25AE53 #253CAE #AE2581

split-complementary

#AE9725 #2581AE #5325AE

monochromatic

#493F10 #7C6B1A #AE9725 #D5BB3B #E0CD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9725

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9725	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)

#A7930A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab569',
    500: '#ae9725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9725;
$custom-light: #cab569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67764,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.31265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9725

secondary

#6878C6

accent

#5CE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9725

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

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