#AE9C28#AE9C28

#AE9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C28
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -5.88, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 59.06, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0227 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.7285, 32.9302, 6.7973)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C28 #283AAE

analogous

#AE5928 #AE9C28 #7DAE28

triadic

#AE9C28 #28AE9C #9C28AE

tetradic

#AE9C28 #28AE59 #283AAE #AE287D

square

#AE9C28 #28AE59 #283AAE #AE287D

split-complementary

#AE9C28 #287DAE #5928AE

monochromatic

#4A4311 #7C6F1D #AE9C28 #D3BF40 #DFD072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AE9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C28

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C28	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86b',
    500: '#ae9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c28;
$custom-light: #cab86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C28

secondary

#6C78C6

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C28

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

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