#AE9D25#AE9D25

#AE9D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9D25
RGBrgb(174, 157, 37)
HSLhsl(53, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.36, -6.53, 60.01)
CIE-LCHlch(64.36, 60.36, 96.21°)
OKLaboklab(69.06% -0.0248 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(69.06% 0.133 100.7)
XYZxyz(29.8479, 33.2476, 6.5951)
Luminance0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9D25 #2536AE
analogous
#AE5925 #AE9D25 #7BAE25
triadic
#AE9D25 #25AE9D #9D25AE
tetradic
#AE9D25 #25AE59 #2536AE #AE257B
square
#AE9D25 #25AE59 #2536AE #AE257B
split-complementary
#AE9D25 #257BAE #5925AE
monochromatic
#494210 #7C6F1A #AE9D25 #D5C23B #E0D26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#AE9D25 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65
#AE9D25 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D25
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9D25#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9D251.002.757.657.65
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6521.001.001.00
##0000007.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9805
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC9187
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.133 100.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96a',
    500: '#ae9d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9d25;
$custom-light: #cab96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9D25
secondary
#6874C6
accent
#55E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

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#AE9D25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva