#AE9D24#AE9D24

#AE9D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D24
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -6.56, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 60.68, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.025 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8324, 33.2414, 6.5136)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D24 #2435AE

analogous

#AE5824 #AE9D24 #7AAE24

triadic

#AE9D24 #24AE9D #9D24AE

tetradic

#AE9D24 #24AE58 #2435AE #AE247A

square

#AE9D24 #24AE58 #2435AE #AE247A

split-complementary

#AE9D24 #247AAE #5824AE

monochromatic

#49410F #7B6F1A #AE9D24 #D6C339 #E1D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE9D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE9D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D24

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D24	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)

#AD9802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96a',
    500: '#ae9d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d24;
$custom-light: #cab96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D24

secondary

#6773C7

accent

#54E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D24

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

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