#AE9E24#AE9E24

#AE9E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E24
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -7.10, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 60.98, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0265 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.134 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0023, 33.5812, 6.5702)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E24 #2434AE

analogous

#AE5924 #AE9E24 #79AE24

triadic

#AE9E24 #24AE9E #9E24AE

tetradic

#AE9E24 #24AE59 #2434AE #AE2479

square

#AE9E24 #24AE59 #2434AE #AE2479

split-complementary

#AE9E24 #2479AE #5924AE

monochromatic

#49420F #7B701A #AE9E24 #D6C439 #E1D36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E24

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E24	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6a',
    500: '#ae9e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e24;
$custom-light: #caba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E24

secondary

#6772C7

accent

#53E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E24

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

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