#AE9823#AE9823

#AE9823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9823
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -3.92, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 59.55, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0176 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9887, 31.5780, 6.1580)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9823 #2339AE

analogous

#AE5323 #AE9823 #7EAE23

triadic

#AE9823 #23AE98 #9823AE

tetradic

#AE9823 #23AE53 #2339AE #AE237E

square

#AE9823 #23AE53 #2339AE #AE237E

split-complementary

#AE9823 #237EAE #5323AE

monochromatic

#483F0F #7B6B19 #AE9823 #D7BE37 #E1CE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9823

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9823	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab569',
    500: '#ae9823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9823;
$custom-light: #cab569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67967,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9823

secondary

#6675C7

accent

#59E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9823

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

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