#AE9128#AE9128

#AE9128 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9128
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 0.07, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 56.01, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0058 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.123 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9655, 29.4043, 6.2097)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9128 #2845AE

analogous

#AE4E28 #AE9128 #88AE28

triadic

#AE9128 #28AE91 #9128AE

tetradic

#AE9128 #28AE4E #2845AE #AE2888

square

#AE9128 #28AE4E #2845AE #AE2888

split-complementary

#AE9128 #2888AE #4E28AE

monochromatic

#4A3E11 #7C681D #AE9128 #D3B340 #DFC772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9128 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9128 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9128

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9128	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9128	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)

#A18F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9128;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06a',
    500: '#ae9128',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9128;
$custom-light: #cab06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9128",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66508,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9128

secondary

#6C80C6

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9128

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

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