#AE9020#AE9020

#AE9020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9020
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 0.32, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 58.46, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0059 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6912, 29.0512, 5.5151)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9020 #203EAE

analogous

#AE4920 #AE9020 #85AE20

triadic

#AE9020 #20AE90 #9020AE

tetradic

#AE9020 #20AE49 #203EAE #AE2085

square

#AE9020 #20AE49 #203EAE #AE2085

split-complementary

#AE9020 #2085AE #4920AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7A6516 #AE9020 #D9B632 #E3C866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE9020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9020

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9020	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb066',
    500: '#ae9020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9020;
$custom-light: #cbb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66249,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9020

secondary

#6277C8

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9020

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

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