#AE9628#AE9628

#AE9628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9628
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -2.65, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 57.32, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0135 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7464, 30.9661, 6.4700)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9628 #2840AE

analogous

#AE5328 #AE9628 #83AE28

triadic

#AE9628 #28AE96 #9628AE

tetradic

#AE9628 #28AE53 #2840AE #AE2883

square

#AE9628 #28AE53 #2840AE #AE2883

split-complementary

#AE9628 #2883AE #5328AE

monochromatic

#4A4011 #7C6B1D #AE9628 #D3B940 #DFCB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE9628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9628

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9628	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46b',
    500: '#ae9628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9628;
$custom-light: #cab46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67569,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9628

secondary

#6C7CC6

accent

#5FE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9628

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

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