#AE9620#AE9620

#AE9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9620
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -2.95, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 59.94, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0151 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6242, 30.9172, 5.8262)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9620 #2038AE

analogous

#AE4F20 #AE9620 #7FAE20

triadic

#AE9620 #20AE96 #9620AE

tetradic

#AE9620 #20AE4F #2038AE #AE207F

square

#AE9620 #20AE4F #2038AE #AE207F

split-complementary

#AE9620 #207FAE #4F20AE

monochromatic

#473D0D #7A6916 #AE9620 #D9BD32 #E3CE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AE9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9620

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9620	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab467',
    500: '#ae9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9620;
$custom-light: #cab467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67523,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9620

secondary

#6273C8

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9620

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

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