#AE9B26#AE9B26

#AE9B26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B26
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -5.42, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 59.44, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5282, 32.5828, 6.5671)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B26 #2639AE

analogous

#AE5726 #AE9B26 #7DAE26

triadic

#AE9B26 #26AE9B #9B26AE

tetradic

#AE9B26 #26AE57 #2639AE #AE267D

square

#AE9B26 #26AE57 #2639AE #AE267D

split-complementary

#AE9B26 #267DAE #5726AE

monochromatic

#4A4210 #7C6E1B #AE9B26 #D5BF3D #E0D06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AE9B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B26

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B26	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86a',
    500: '#ae9b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b26;
$custom-light: #cab86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68629,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B26

secondary

#6A77C6

accent

#58E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B26

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

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