#AE9226#AE9226

#AE9226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9226
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -0.56, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 56.97, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0078 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0859, 29.6980, 6.0863)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9226 #2642AE

analogous

#AE4E26 #AE9226 #86AE26

triadic

#AE9226 #26AE92 #9226AE

tetradic

#AE9226 #26AE4E #2642AE #AE2686

square

#AE9226 #26AE4E #2642AE #AE2686

split-complementary

#AE9226 #2686AE #4E26AE

monochromatic

#4A3E10 #7C681B #AE9226 #D5B53D #E0C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9226

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9226	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)

#A28F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab169',
    500: '#ae9226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9226;
$custom-light: #cab169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9226

secondary

#6A7DC6

accent

#63E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9226

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

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