#AE9422#AE9422

#AE9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.128 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9422
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -1.79, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 58.81, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0117 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.128 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3358, 30.2956, 5.8682)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9422 #223CAE

analogous

#AE4E22 #AE9422 #82AE22

triadic

#AE9422 #22AE94 #9422AE

tetradic

#AE9422 #22AE4E #223CAE #AE2282

square

#AE9422 #22AE4E #223CAE #AE2282

split-complementary

#AE9422 #2282AE #4E22AE

monochromatic

#483D0E #7B6818 #AE9422 #D8BA36 #E2CB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AE9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9422

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9422	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.128 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab368',
    500: '#ae9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9422;
$custom-light: #cab368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9422

secondary

#6477C7

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9422

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

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