#AE9B23#AE9B23

#AE9B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B23
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -5.53, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 60.40, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0221 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4818, 32.5642, 6.3224)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B23 #2336AE

analogous

#AE5623 #AE9B23 #7BAE23

triadic

#AE9B23 #23AE9B #9B23AE

tetradic

#AE9B23 #23AE56 #2336AE #AE237B

square

#AE9B23 #23AE56 #2336AE #AE237B

split-complementary

#AE9B23 #237BAE #5623AE

monochromatic

#48400F #7B6E19 #AE9B23 #D7C137 #E1D16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B23

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B23	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab869',
    500: '#ae9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b23;
$custom-light: #cab869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68612,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B23

secondary

#6673C7

accent

#56E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B23

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

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