#AE9B28#AE9B28

#AE9B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9B28
RGBrgb(174, 155, 40)
HSLhsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.83, -5.34, 58.52)
CIE-LCHlch(63.83, 58.76, 95.21°)
OKLaboklab(68.64% -0.0211 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(68.64% 0.13 99.4)
XYZxyz(29.5614, 32.5960, 6.7416)
Luminance0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9B28 #283BAE
analogous
#AE5828 #AE9B28 #7EAE28
triadic
#AE9B28 #28AE9B #9B28AE
tetradic
#AE9B28 #28AE58 #283BAE #AE287E
square
#AE9B28 #28AE58 #283BAE #AE287E
split-complementary
#AE9B28 #287EAE #5828AE
monochromatic
#4A4211 #7C6F1D #AE9B28 #D3BE40 #DFCF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#AE9B28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52
#AE9B28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B28
7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9B28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE9B281.002.797.527.52
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5221.001.001.00
##0000007.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB970F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E30
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC8F85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 99.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86b',
    500: '#ae9b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9b28;
$custom-light: #cab86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68641,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9B28
secondary
#6C79C6
accent
#59E642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B28

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#AE9B28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva