#AE9926#AE9926

#AE9926 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9926
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -4.35, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 58.86, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0185 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1981, 31.9226, 6.4571)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9926 #263BAE

analogous

#AE5526 #AE9926 #7FAE26

triadic

#AE9926 #26AE99 #9926AE

tetradic

#AE9926 #26AE55 #263BAE #AE267F

square

#AE9926 #26AE55 #263BAE #AE267F

split-complementary

#AE9926 #267FAE #5526AE

monochromatic

#4A4110 #7C6D1B #AE9926 #D5BD3D #E0CE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AE9926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9926

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9926	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66a',
    500: '#ae9926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9926;
$custom-light: #cab66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68199,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9926

secondary

#6A78C6

accent

#5AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9926

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

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