#AE9428#AE9428

#AE9428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9428
RGBrgb(174, 148, 40)
HSLhsl(48, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(48, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.94, -1.56, 56.76)
CIE-LCHlch(61.94, 56.78, 91.58°)
OKLaboklab(67.14% -0.0104 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(67.14% 0.125 94.8)
XYZxyz(28.4300, 30.3333, 6.3645)
Luminance0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9428 #2842AE
analogous
#AE5128 #AE9428 #85AE28
triadic
#AE9428 #28AE94 #9428AE
tetradic
#AE9428 #28AE51 #2842AE #AE2885
square
#AE9428 #28AE51 #2842AE #AE2885
split-complementary
#AE9428 #2885AE #5128AE
monochromatic
#4A3F11 #7C6A1D #AE9428 #D3B740 #DFC972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97
#AE9428 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07
#AE9428 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9428
7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9428#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE94281.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49113
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC887F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36b',
    500: '#ae9428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9428;
$custom-light: #cab36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67143,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9428
secondary
#6C7EC6
accent
#62E642
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F5EC
border
#D2CFC7
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9428

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#AE9428 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva