#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
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -1.56, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 56.78, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0104 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.125 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4300, 30.3333, 6.3645)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##AE9428	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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