#AE9E23#AE9E23

#AE9E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E23
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -7.13, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 61.29, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0267 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9873, 33.5751, 6.4909)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E23 #2333AE

analogous

#AE5923 #AE9E23 #78AE23

triadic

#AE9E23 #23AE9E #9E23AE

tetradic

#AE9E23 #23AE59 #2333AE #AE2378

square

#AE9E23 #23AE59 #2333AE #AE2378

split-complementary

#AE9E23 #2378AE #5923AE

monochromatic

#48410F #7B7019 #AE9E23 #D7C437 #E1D36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AE9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E23

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E23	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba69',
    500: '#ae9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e23;
$custom-light: #caba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69261,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E23

secondary

#6671C7

accent

#52E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E23

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

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