#AE9120#AE9120

#AE9120 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9120
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -0.23, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 58.70, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0074 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8433, 29.3554, 5.5659)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9120 #203DAE

analogous

#AE4A20 #AE9120 #84AE20

triadic

#AE9120 #20AE91 #9120AE

tetradic

#AE9120 #20AE4A #203DAE #AE2084

square

#AE9120 #20AE4A #203DAE #AE2084

split-complementary

#AE9120 #2084AE #4A20AE

monochromatic

#473B0D #7A6616 #AE9120 #D9B732 #E3C966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE9120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE9120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9120

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9120	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb066',
    500: '#ae9120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9120;
$custom-light: #cbb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66461,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9120

secondary

#6277C8

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9120

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

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