#AE9129#AE9129

#AE9129 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.122 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9129
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 0.11, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 55.65, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0056 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.122 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9828, 29.4112, 6.3004)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9129 #2946AE

analogous

#AE4E29 #AE9129 #89AE29

triadic

#AE9129 #29AE91 #9129AE

tetradic

#AE9129 #29AE4E #2946AE #AE2989

square

#AE9129 #29AE4E #2946AE #AE2989

split-complementary

#AE9129 #2989AE #4E29AE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7C681D #AE9129 #D2B342 #DEC773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9129 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9129

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9129	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)

#A18F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.122 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06b',
    500: '#ae9129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9129;
$custom-light: #cab06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9129

secondary

#6D81C5

accent

#66E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9129

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

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