#AE9A25#AE9A25

#AE9A25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A25
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -4.92, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 59.47, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0202 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.131 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3466, 32.2449, 6.4280)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A25 #2539AE

analogous

#AE5625 #AE9A25 #7EAE25

triadic

#AE9A25 #25AE9A #9A25AE

tetradic

#AE9A25 #25AE56 #2539AE #AE257E

square

#AE9A25 #25AE56 #2539AE #AE257E

split-complementary

#AE9A25 #257EAE #5625AE

monochromatic

#494110 #7C6D1A #AE9A25 #D5BF3B #E0CF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE9A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A25

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A25	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab76a',
    500: '#ae9a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a25;
$custom-light: #cab76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68408,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A25

secondary

#6876C6

accent

#58E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A25

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

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