#AE9420#AE9420

#AE9420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9420
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -1.86, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 59.43, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0121 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3078, 30.2844, 5.7207)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9420 #203AAE

analogous

#AE4D20 #AE9420 #81AE20

triadic

#AE9420 #20AE94 #9420AE

tetradic

#AE9420 #20AE4D #203AAE #AE2081

square

#AE9420 #20AE4D #203AAE #AE2081

split-complementary

#AE9420 #2081AE #4D20AE

monochromatic

#473C0D #7A6816 #AE9420 #D9BB32 #E3CC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE9420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9420

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9420	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab367',
    500: '#ae9420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9420;
$custom-light: #cab367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9420

secondary

#6274C8

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9420

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

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