#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
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -6.53, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 60.36, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0248 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8479, 33.2476, 6.5951)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AE9D25	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)

#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

Preview with #AE9D25

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

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