#AE9826#AE9826

#AE9826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.129 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9826
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -3.81, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 58.57, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.017 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.129 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0352, 31.5966, 6.4027)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9826 #263CAE

analogous

#AE5426 #AE9826 #80AE26

triadic

#AE9826 #26AE98 #9826AE

tetradic

#AE9826 #26AE54 #263CAE #AE2680

square

#AE9826 #26AE54 #263CAE #AE2680

split-complementary

#AE9826 #2680AE #5426AE

monochromatic

#4A4010 #7C6C1B #AE9826 #D5BC3D #E0CD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9826

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9826	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.129 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56a',
    500: '#ae9826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9826;
$custom-light: #cab56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67984,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9826

secondary

#6A79C6

accent

#5CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9826

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

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