#AE9E28#AE9E28

#AE9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E28
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -6.94, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 59.68, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0257 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0669, 33.6070, 6.9101)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E28 #2838AE

analogous

#AE5B28 #AE9E28 #7BAE28

triadic

#AE9E28 #28AE9E #9E28AE

tetradic

#AE9E28 #28AE5B #2838AE #AE287B

square

#AE9E28 #28AE5B #2838AE #AE287B

split-complementary

#AE9E28 #287BAE #5B28AE

monochromatic

#4A4411 #7C711D #AE9E28 #D3C240 #DFD272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E28

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E28	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6c',
    500: '#ae9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e28;
$custom-light: #caba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6929,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E28

secondary

#6C77C6

accent

#56E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E28

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

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