#AE9225#AE9225

#AE9225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE9225
RGBrgb(174, 146, 37)
HSLhsl(48, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(48, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.39, -0.60, 57.31)
CIE-LCHlch(61.39, 57.31, 90.60°)
OKLaboklab(66.7% -0.008 0.1248)
OKLCHoklch(66.7% 0.125 93.7)
XYZxyz(28.0700, 29.6917, 6.0025)
Luminance0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE9225 #2541AE
analogous
#AE4E25 #AE9225 #86AE25
triadic
#AE9225 #25AE92 #9225AE
tetradic
#AE9225 #25AE4E #2541AE #AE2586
square
#AE9225 #25AE4E #2541AE #AE2586
split-complementary
#AE9225 #2586AE #4E25AE
monochromatic
#493D10 #7C681A #AE9225 #D5B63B #E0C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03
#AE9225 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94
#AE9225 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9225
6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE9225#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE92251.003.036.946.94
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9421.001.001.00
##0000006.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A28F0D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9982C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD867D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae9225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.125 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab169',
    500: '#ae9225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae9225;
$custom-light: #cab169;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae9225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.667,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE9225
secondary
#687CC6
accent
#62E840
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#141007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9225

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#AE9225 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva