#AE9526#AE9526

#AE9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9526
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -2.19, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 57.75, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0124 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5544, 30.6351, 6.2425)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9526 #263FAE

analogous

#AE5126 #AE9526 #83AE26

triadic

#AE9526 #26AE95 #9526AE

tetradic

#AE9526 #26AE51 #263FAE #AE2683

square

#AE9526 #26AE51 #263FAE #AE2683

split-complementary

#AE9526 #2683AE #5126AE

monochromatic

#4A3F10 #7C6A1B #AE9526 #D5B93D #E0CB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9526

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9526	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5920E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36a',
    500: '#ae9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9526;
$custom-light: #cab36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67343,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9526

secondary

#6A7BC6

accent

#5FE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9526

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

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