#AE922B#AE922B

#AE922B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE922B
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -0.35, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 55.16, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0066 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1720, 29.7325, 6.5401)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE922B #2B47AE

analogous

#AE512B #AE922B #88AE2B

triadic

#AE922B #2BAE92 #922BAE

tetradic

#AE922B #2BAE51 #2B47AE #AE2B88

square

#AE922B #2BAE51 #2B47AE #AE2B88

split-complementary

#AE922B #2B88AE #512BAE

monochromatic

#4C4013 #7D691F #AE922B #D1B345 #DDC776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE922B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AE922B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE922B

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE922B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE922B	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae922b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16c',
    500: '#ae922b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae922b;
$custom-light: #cab16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae922b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6674,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE922B

secondary

#7082C5

accent

#66E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE922B

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

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