#AE9A28#AE9A28

#AE9A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9A28
RGBrgb(174, 154, 40)
HSLhsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.56, -4.80, 58.27)
CIE-LCHlch(63.56, 58.47, 94.71°)
OKLaboklab(68.43% -0.0196 0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(68.43% 0.129 98.8)
XYZxyz(29.3956, 32.2646, 6.6864)
Luminance0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9A28 #283CAE
analogous
#AE5728 #AE9A28 #7FAE28
triadic
#AE9A28 #28AE9A #9A28AE
tetradic
#AE9A28 #28AE57 #283CAE #AE287F
square
#AE9A28 #28AE57 #283CAE #AE287F
split-complementary
#AE9A28 #287FAE #5728AE
monochromatic
#4A4211 #7C6E1D #AE9A28 #D3BD40 #DFCE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#AE9A28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45
#AE9A28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A28
7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9A28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9A281.002.827.457.45
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4521.001.001.00
##0000007.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9610
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D30
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC8E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 98.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab76b',
    500: '#ae9a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9a28;
$custom-light: #cab76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9A28
secondary
#6C7AC6
accent
#5BE642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A28

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#AE9A28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva