#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
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -4.80, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 58.47, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0196 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3956, 32.2646, 6.6864)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AE9A28	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)

#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

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

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