#AE922C#AE922C

#AE922C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE922C
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -0.30, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 54.79, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0064 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(28.1906, 29.7399, 6.6379)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE922C #2C48AE

analogous

#AE512C #AE922C #89AE2C

triadic

#AE922C #2CAE92 #922CAE

tetradic

#AE922C #2CAE51 #2C48AE #AE2C89

square

#AE922C #2CAE51 #2C48AE #AE2C89

split-complementary

#AE922C #2C89AE #512CAE

monochromatic

#4C4013 #7D6920 #AE922C #D0B347 #DDC778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AE922C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AE922C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE922C

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE922C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE922C	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)

#A2901B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae922c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16c',
    500: '#ae922c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae922c;
$custom-light: #cab16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae922c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66747,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.29738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE922C

secondary

#7183C5

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE922C

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

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