#AE9224#AE9224

#AE9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9224
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -0.63, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 57.65, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0082 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0545, 29.6855, 5.9209)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9224 #2440AE

analogous

#AE4D24 #AE9224 #85AE24

triadic

#AE9224 #24AE92 #9224AE

tetradic

#AE9224 #24AE4D #2440AE #AE2485

square

#AE9224 #24AE4D #2440AE #AE2485

split-complementary

#AE9224 #2485AE #4D24AE

monochromatic

#493D0F #7B671A #AE9224 #D6B639 #E1C96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9224

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9224	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)

#A28F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab168',
    500: '#ae9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9224;
$custom-light: #cab168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66694,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9224

secondary

#677AC7

accent

#62E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9224

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

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