#AE9026#AE9026

#AE9026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9026
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 0.54, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 56.47, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0047 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.123 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7803, 29.0868, 5.9845)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9026 #2644AE

analogous

#AE4C26 #AE9026 #88AE26

triadic

#AE9026 #26AE90 #9026AE

tetradic

#AE9026 #26AE4C #2644AE #AE2688

square

#AE9026 #26AE4C #2644AE #AE2688

split-complementary

#AE9026 #2688AE #4C26AE

monochromatic

#4A3D10 #7C661B #AE9026 #D5B33D #E0C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE9026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9026

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9026	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab069',
    500: '#ae9026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9026;
$custom-light: #cab069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9026

secondary

#6A7EC6

accent

#65E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9026

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

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