#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
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -5.34, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 58.76, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0211 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5614, 32.5960, 6.7416)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AE9B28	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)

#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

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

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