#AE9028#AE9028

#AE9028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.122 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9028
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 0.62, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 55.76, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0042 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.122 92)
XYZ	xyz(27.8134, 29.1001, 6.1590)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9028 #2846AE

analogous

#AE4D28 #AE9028 #89AE28

triadic

#AE9028 #28AE90 #9028AE

tetradic

#AE9028 #28AE4D #2846AE #AE2889

square

#AE9028 #28AE4D #2846AE #AE2889

split-complementary

#AE9028 #2889AE #4D28AE

monochromatic

#4A3E11 #7C671D #AE9028 #D3B240 #DFC672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE9028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9028

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9028	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)

#A08E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.122 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06a',
    500: '#ae9028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9028;
$custom-light: #cab06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66297,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.29098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9028

secondary

#6C80C6

accent

#67E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9028

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

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