#AE9229#AE9229

#AE9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9229
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -0.43, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 55.90, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0071 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.123 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1362, 29.7182, 6.3516)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9229 #2945AE

analogous

#AE4F29 #AE9229 #88AE29

triadic

#AE9229 #29AE92 #9229AE

tetradic

#AE9229 #29AE4F #2945AE #AE2988

square

#AE9229 #29AE4F #2945AE #AE2988

split-complementary

#AE9229 #2988AE #4F29AE

monochromatic

#4B3F12 #7C681D #AE9229 #D2B442 #DEC873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9229

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9229	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#A28F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16b',
    500: '#ae9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9229;
$custom-light: #cab16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66726,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9229

secondary

#6D80C5

accent

#65E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9229

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

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