#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
RGBrgb(174, 157, 36)
HSLhsl(53, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.36, -6.56, 60.32)
CIE-LCHlch(64.36, 60.68, 96.21°)
OKLaboklab(69.05% -0.025 0.131)
OKLCHoklch(69.05% 0.133 100.8)
XYZxyz(29.8324, 33.2414, 6.5136)
Luminance0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE9D241.002.757.657.65
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6521.001.001.00
##0000007.6521.001.001.00

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

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#AE9D24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva