#AE9223#AE9223

#AE9223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.126 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9223
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -0.67, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 57.98, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0084 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.126 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0394, 29.6795, 5.8416)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9223 #233FAE

analogous

#AE4D23 #AE9223 #84AE23

triadic

#AE9223 #23AE92 #9223AE

tetradic

#AE9223 #23AE4D #233FAE #AE2384

square

#AE9223 #23AE4D #233FAE #AE2384

split-complementary

#AE9223 #2384AE #4D23AE

monochromatic

#483C0F #7B6719 #AE9223 #D7B737 #E1C96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9223

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9223	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.126 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab168',
    500: '#ae9223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9223;
$custom-light: #cab168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66689,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9223

secondary

#6679C7

accent

#61E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9223

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

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