#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
RGBrgb(174, 158, 40)
HSLhsl(53, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(53, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.65, -6.94, 59.27)
CIE-LCHlch(64.65, 59.68, 96.68°)
OKLaboklab(69.29% -0.0257 0.1296)
OKLCHoklch(69.29% 0.132 101.2)
XYZxyz(30.0669, 33.6070, 6.9101)
Luminance0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##AE9E281.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

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

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#AE9E28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva