#AE9522#AE9522

#AE9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9522
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -2.34, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 59.06, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0132 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4933, 30.6107, 5.9207)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9522 #223BAE

analogous

#AE4F22 #AE9522 #81AE22

triadic

#AE9522 #22AE95 #9522AE

tetradic

#AE9522 #22AE4F #223BAE #AE2281

square

#AE9522 #22AE4F #223BAE #AE2281

split-complementary

#AE9522 #2281AE #4F22AE

monochromatic

#483D0E #7B6918 #AE9522 #D8BB36 #E2CC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AE9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9522

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9522	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab368',
    500: '#ae9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9522;
$custom-light: #cab368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9522

secondary

#6476C7

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9522

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

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