#AE9528#AE9528

#AE9528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9528
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -2.11, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 57.05, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.012 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5875, 30.6484, 6.4170)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9528 #2841AE

analogous

#AE5228 #AE9528 #84AE28

triadic

#AE9528 #28AE95 #9528AE

tetradic

#AE9528 #28AE52 #2841AE #AE2884

square

#AE9528 #28AE52 #2841AE #AE2884

split-complementary

#AE9528 #2884AE #5228AE

monochromatic

#4A4011 #7C6A1D #AE9528 #D3B840 #DFCA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE9528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9528

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9528	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)

#A59212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36b',
    500: '#ae9528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9528;
$custom-light: #cab36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67356,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9528

secondary

#6C7DC6

accent

#61E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9528

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

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