#AE9B24#AE9B24

#AE9B24 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	#AE9B24
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -5.50, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 60.09, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.022 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4968, 32.5702, 6.4017)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B24 #2437AE

analogous

#AE5624 #AE9B24 #7CAE24

triadic

#AE9B24 #24AE9B #9B24AE

tetradic

#AE9B24 #24AE56 #2437AE #AE247C

square

#AE9B24 #24AE56 #2437AE #AE247C

split-complementary

#AE9B24 #247CAE #5624AE

monochromatic

#49410F #7B6E1A #AE9B24 #D6C039 #E1D06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE9B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B24

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B24	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#AB9704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86a',
    500: '#ae9b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b24;
$custom-light: #cab86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68618,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B24

secondary

#6774C7

accent

#56E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B24

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

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