#AE9220#AE9220

#AE9220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.128 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9220
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -0.78, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 58.94, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.009 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.128 94)
XYZ	xyz(27.9968, 29.6624, 5.6170)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9220 #203CAE

analogous

#AE4B20 #AE9220 #83AE20

triadic

#AE9220 #20AE92 #9220AE

tetradic

#AE9220 #20AE4B #203CAE #AE2083

square

#AE9220 #20AE4B #203CAE #AE2083

split-complementary

#AE9220 #2083AE #4B20AE

monochromatic

#473B0D #7A6716 #AE9220 #D9B832 #E3CA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AE9220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9220

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9220	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.128 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb167',
    500: '#ae9220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9220;
$custom-light: #cbb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66672,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.29661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9220

secondary

#6276C8

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9220

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

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