#AE9322#AE9322

#AE9322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9322
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -1.25, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 58.55, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0101 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1796, 29.9833, 5.8161)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9322 #223DAE

analogous

#AE4D22 #AE9322 #83AE22

triadic

#AE9322 #22AE93 #9322AE

tetradic

#AE9322 #22AE4D #223DAE #AE2283

square

#AE9322 #22AE4D #223DAE #AE2283

split-complementary

#AE9322 #2283AE #4D22AE

monochromatic

#483C0E #7B6818 #AE9322 #D8B836 #E2CA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE9322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AE9322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9322

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9322	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab268',
    500: '#ae9322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9322;
$custom-light: #cab268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66895,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9322

secondary

#6477C7

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9322

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

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