#AE9426#AE9426

#AE9426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9426
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -1.65, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 57.48, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0109 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(28.3969, 30.3200, 6.1900)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9426 #2640AE

analogous

#AE5026 #AE9426 #84AE26

triadic

#AE9426 #26AE94 #9426AE

tetradic

#AE9426 #26AE50 #2640AE #AE2684

square

#AE9426 #26AE50 #2640AE #AE2684

split-complementary

#AE9426 #2684AE #5026AE

monochromatic

#4A3F10 #7C691B #AE9426 #D5B83D #E0CA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9426

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9426	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A4910E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36a',
    500: '#ae9426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9426;
$custom-light: #cab36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67131,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.30318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9426

secondary

#6A7BC6

accent

#60E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9426

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

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