#AE9E25#AE9E25

#AE9E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E25
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -7.06, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 60.67, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0263 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0178, 33.5874, 6.6518)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E25 #2535AE

analogous

#AE5A25 #AE9E25 #7AAE25

triadic

#AE9E25 #25AE9E #9E25AE

tetradic

#AE9E25 #25AE5A #2535AE #AE257A

square

#AE9E25 #25AE5A #2535AE #AE257A

split-complementary

#AE9E25 #257AAE #5A25AE

monochromatic

#494210 #7C701A #AE9E25 #D5C33B #E0D36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E25

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E25	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)

#AD9905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6a',
    500: '#ae9e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e25;
$custom-light: #caba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69272,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E25

secondary

#6873C6

accent

#54E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E25

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

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