#AE9726#AE9726

#AE9726 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9726
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -3.27, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 58.29, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0155 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(28.8735, 31.2734, 6.3489)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9726 #263DAE

analogous

#AE5326 #AE9726 #81AE26

triadic

#AE9726 #26AE97 #9726AE

tetradic

#AE9726 #26AE53 #263DAE #AE2681

square

#AE9726 #26AE53 #263DAE #AE2681

split-complementary

#AE9726 #2681AE #5326AE

monochromatic

#4A4010 #7C6B1B #AE9726 #D5BB3D #E0CC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9726

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9726	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7930D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56a',
    500: '#ae9726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9726;
$custom-light: #cab56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6777,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.31272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9726

secondary

#6A79C6

accent

#5DE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9726

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

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