#AE9221#AE9221

#AE9221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9221
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -0.74, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 58.62, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0088 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(28.0106, 29.6679, 5.6897)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9221 #213DAE

analogous

#AE4B21 #AE9221 #83AE21

triadic

#AE9221 #21AE92 #9221AE

tetradic

#AE9221 #21AE4B #213DAE #AE2183

square

#AE9221 #21AE4B #213DAE #AE2183

split-complementary

#AE9221 #2183AE #4B21AE

monochromatic

#473C0D #7B6717 #AE9221 #D8B834 #E2CA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AE9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9221

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9221	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)

#A38F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb167',
    500: '#ae9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9221;
$custom-light: #cbb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66677,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.29666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9221

secondary

#6377C8

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9221

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

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