#AE9029#AE9029

#AE9029 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9029
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 0.66, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 55.40, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.004 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8306, 29.1070, 6.2497)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9029 #2947AE

analogous

#AE4E29 #AE9029 #8AAE29

triadic

#AE9029 #29AE90 #9029AE

tetradic

#AE9029 #29AE4E #2947AE #AE298A

square

#AE9029 #29AE4E #2947AE #AE298A

split-complementary

#AE9029 #298AAE #4E29AE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7C671D #AE9029 #D2B242 #DEC673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE9029 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9029

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9029	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)

#A08E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06b',
    500: '#ae9029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9029;
$custom-light: #cab06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66304,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9029

secondary

#6D81C5

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9029

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

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