#AE9A26#AE9A26

#AE9A26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A26
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -4.88, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 59.14, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.02 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3625, 32.2513, 6.5119)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A26 #263AAE

analogous

#AE5626 #AE9A26 #7EAE26

triadic

#AE9A26 #26AE9A #9A26AE

tetradic

#AE9A26 #26AE56 #263AAE #AE267E

square

#AE9A26 #26AE56 #263AAE #AE267E

split-complementary

#AE9A26 #267EAE #5626AE

monochromatic

#4A4110 #7C6E1B #AE9A26 #D5BE3D #E0CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE9A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A26

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A26	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab76a',
    500: '#ae9a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a26;
$custom-light: #cab76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68414,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A26

secondary

#6A77C6

accent

#59E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A26

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

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