#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
RGBrgb(174, 158, 37)
HSLhsl(53, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(53, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.63, -7.06, 60.25)
CIE-LCHlch(64.63, 60.67, 96.68°)
OKLaboklab(69.27% -0.0263 0.1311)
OKLCHoklch(69.27% 0.134 101.3)
XYZxyz(30.0178, 33.5874, 6.6518)
Luminance0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##AE9E251.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

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

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#AE9E25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva