#AE9228#AE9228

#AE9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9228
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -0.48, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 56.26, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0073 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1190, 29.7113, 6.2609)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9228 #2844AE

analogous

#AE4F28 #AE9228 #87AE28

triadic

#AE9228 #28AE92 #9228AE

tetradic

#AE9228 #28AE4F #2844AE #AE2887

square

#AE9228 #28AE4F #2844AE #AE2887

split-complementary

#AE9228 #2887AE #4F28AE

monochromatic

#4A3E11 #7C681D #AE9228 #D3B440 #DFC872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9228

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9228	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)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16a',
    500: '#ae9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9228;
$custom-light: #cab16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66719,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9228

secondary

#6C7FC6

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9228

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

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