#AE9C23#AE9C23

#AE9C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C23
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -6.07, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 60.70, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0237 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6489, 32.8984, 6.3781)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C23 #2335AE

analogous

#AE5623 #AE9C23 #7AAE23

triadic

#AE9C23 #23AE9C #9C23AE

tetradic

#AE9C23 #23AE56 #2335AE #AE237A

square

#AE9C23 #23AE56 #2335AE #AE237A

split-complementary

#AE9C23 #237AAE #5623AE

monochromatic

#48410F #7B6E19 #AE9C23 #D7C237 #E1D26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AE9C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C23

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C23	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab869',
    500: '#ae9c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c23;
$custom-light: #cab869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68828,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C23

secondary

#6672C7

accent

#55E93E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C23

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

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