#AE9126#AE9126

#AE9126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.124 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9126
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -0.01, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 56.72, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0062 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.124 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9324, 29.3911, 6.0352)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9126 #2643AE

analogous

#AE4D26 #AE9126 #87AE26

triadic

#AE9126 #26AE91 #9126AE

tetradic

#AE9126 #26AE4D #2643AE #AE2687

square

#AE9126 #26AE4D #2643AE #AE2687

split-complementary

#AE9126 #2687AE #4D26AE

monochromatic

#4A3D10 #7C671B #AE9126 #D5B43D #E0C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9126

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9126	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.124 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab069',
    500: '#ae9126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9126;
$custom-light: #cab069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9126

secondary

#6A7DC6

accent

#64E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9126

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

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