#AE9429#AE9429

#AE9429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9429
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -1.52, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 56.43, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0102 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.124 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4472, 30.3402, 6.4553)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9429 #2943AE

analogous

#AE5229 #AE9429 #85AE29

triadic

#AE9429 #29AE94 #9429AE

tetradic

#AE9429 #29AE52 #2943AE #AE2985

square

#AE9429 #29AE52 #2943AE #AE2985

split-complementary

#AE9429 #2985AE #5229AE

monochromatic

#4B4012 #7C6A1D #AE9429 #D2B642 #DEC973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE9429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9429

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9429	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)

#A49115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36b',
    500: '#ae9429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9429;
$custom-light: #cab36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9429

secondary

#6D7FC5

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9429

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

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