#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
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -0.60, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 57.31, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.008 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0700, 29.6917, 6.0025)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AE9225	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)

#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

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

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