#AE922A#AE922A

#AE922A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.122 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE922A
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -0.39, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 55.53, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0069 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.122 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1539, 29.7253, 6.4447)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE922A #2A46AE

analogous

#AE502A #AE922A #88AE2A

triadic

#AE922A #2AAE92 #922AAE

tetradic

#AE922A #2AAE50 #2A46AE #AE2A88

square

#AE922A #2AAE50 #2A46AE #AE2A88

split-complementary

#AE922A #2A88AE #502AAE

monochromatic

#4B3F12 #7D691E #AE922A #D2B443 #DEC775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE922A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE922A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE922A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE922A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE922A	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)

#A28F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae922a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.122 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16b',
    500: '#ae922a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae922a;
$custom-light: #cab16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae922a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66733,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE922A

secondary

#6F81C5

accent

#66E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE922A

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

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