#AE9925#AE9925

#AE9925 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9925
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -4.39, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 59.19, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0187 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1822, 31.9162, 6.3732)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9925 #253AAE

analogous

#AE5525 #AE9925 #7FAE25

triadic

#AE9925 #25AE99 #9925AE

tetradic

#AE9925 #25AE55 #253AAE #AE257F

square

#AE9925 #25AE55 #253AAE #AE257F

split-complementary

#AE9925 #257FAE #5525AE

monochromatic

#494010 #7C6D1A #AE9925 #D5BE3B #E0CE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AE9925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9925

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9925	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66a',
    500: '#ae9925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9925;
$custom-light: #cab66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68193,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9925

secondary

#6877C6

accent

#5AE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9925

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

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