#AE9122#AE9122

#AE9122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.126 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9122
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -0.16, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 58.06, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.007 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.126 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8713, 29.3667, 5.7134)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9122 #223FAE

analogous

#AE4B22 #AE9122 #85AE22

triadic

#AE9122 #22AE91 #9122AE

tetradic

#AE9122 #22AE4B #223FAE #AE2285

square

#AE9122 #22AE4B #223FAE #AE2285

split-complementary

#AE9122 #2285AE #4B22AE

monochromatic

#483C0E #7B6618 #AE9122 #D8B636 #E2C969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE9122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE9122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9122

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9122	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.126 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab067',
    500: '#ae9122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9122;
$custom-light: #cab067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66471,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9122

secondary

#6479C7

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9122

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

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