#AE9D23#AE9D23
#AE9D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AE9D23 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 157, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 67%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 80%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.35, -6.60, 60.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.35, 60.99, 96.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.05% -0.0252 0.1315) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.05% 0.134 100.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.8174, 33.2354, 6.4343) |
| Luminance | 0.3323 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.40
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.70
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.98
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.09
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.10
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AE9D23 #2334AE
analogous
#AE5723 #AE9D23 #79AE23
triadic
#AE9D23 #23AE9D #9D23AE
tetradic
#AE9D23 #23AE57 #2334AE #AE2379
square
#AE9D23 #23AE57 #2334AE #AE2379
split-complementary
#AE9D23 #2379AE #5723AE
monochromatic
#48410F #7B6F19 #AE9D23 #D7C337 #E1D36A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#AE9D23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.65
#AE9D23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AE9D23
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AE9D23 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AE9D23 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.65 | 7.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC9186
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ae9d23; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.134 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cab969',
500: '#ae9d23',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ae9d23; $custom-light: #cab969; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ae9d23",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 157,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.662,
"s": 66.507,
"l": 40.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69045,
"c": 0.13389,
"h": 100.8
},
"luminance": 0.33234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AE9D23
secondary
#6672C7
accent
#53E93E
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EB
border
#D3D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#83807A