#AE9825#AE9825

#AE9825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9825
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -3.85, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 58.91, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0172 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0192, 31.5903, 6.3189)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9825 #253BAE

analogous

#AE5425 #AE9825 #80AE25

triadic

#AE9825 #25AE98 #9825AE

tetradic

#AE9825 #25AE54 #253BAE #AE2580

square

#AE9825 #25AE54 #253BAE #AE2580

split-complementary

#AE9825 #2580AE #5425AE

monochromatic

#494010 #7C6C1A #AE9825 #D5BD3B #E0CE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9825

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9825	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)

#A89409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56a',
    500: '#ae9825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9825;
$custom-light: #cab56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67978,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9825

secondary

#6877C6

accent

#5BE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9825

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

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