#AE9222#AE9222

#AE9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9222
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -0.71, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 58.31, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0086 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.127 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0248, 29.6736, 5.7645)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9222 #223EAE

analogous

#AE4C22 #AE9222 #84AE22

triadic

#AE9222 #22AE92 #9222AE

tetradic

#AE9222 #22AE4C #223EAE #AE2284

square

#AE9222 #22AE4C #223EAE #AE2284

split-complementary

#AE9222 #2284AE #4C22AE

monochromatic

#483C0E #7B6718 #AE9222 #D8B736 #E2C969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AE9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9222

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9222	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)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab167',
    500: '#ae9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9222;
$custom-light: #cab167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66683,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9222

secondary

#6478C7

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9222

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

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