#AE9824#AE9824

#AE9824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9824
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -3.89, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 59.23, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0174 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.13 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0038, 31.5841, 6.2374)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9824 #243AAE

analogous

#AE5324 #AE9824 #7FAE24

triadic

#AE9824 #24AE98 #9824AE

tetradic

#AE9824 #24AE53 #243AAE #AE247F

square

#AE9824 #24AE53 #243AAE #AE247F

split-complementary

#AE9824 #247FAE #5324AE

monochromatic

#493F0F #7B6C1A #AE9824 #D6BD39 #E1CE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9824

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9824	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)

#A89406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab569',
    500: '#ae9824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9824;
$custom-light: #cab569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67973,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9824

secondary

#6776C7

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9824

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

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