#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
RGBrgb(174, 150, 40)
HSLhsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.48, -2.65, 57.26)
CIE-LCHlch(62.48, 57.32, 92.65°)
OKLaboklab(67.57% -0.0135 0.1253)
OKLCHoklch(67.57% 0.126 96.2)
XYZxyz(28.7464, 30.9661, 6.4700)
Luminance0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE96281.002.927.197.19
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1921.001.001.00
##0000007.1921.001.001.00

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

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#AE9628 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva