#AE9022#AE9022

#AE9022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9022
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 0.38, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 57.82, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0055 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.125 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7192, 29.0624, 5.6627)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9022 #2240AE

analogous

#AE4A22 #AE9022 #86AE22

triadic

#AE9022 #22AE90 #9022AE

tetradic

#AE9022 #22AE4A #2240AE #AE2286

square

#AE9022 #22AE4A #2240AE #AE2286

split-complementary

#AE9022 #2286AE #4A22AE

monochromatic

#483B0E #7B6618 #AE9022 #D8B536 #E2C869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE9022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9022

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9022	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb067',
    500: '#ae9022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9022;
$custom-light: #cbb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6626,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9022

secondary

#647AC7

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9022

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

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