#AE9622#AE9622

#AE9622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9622
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -2.88, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 59.33, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0147 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6522, 30.9284, 5.9737)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9622 #223AAE

analogous

#AE5022 #AE9622 #80AE22

triadic

#AE9622 #22AE96 #9622AE

tetradic

#AE9622 #22AE50 #223AAE #AE2280

square

#AE9622 #22AE50 #223AAE #AE2280

split-complementary

#AE9622 #2280AE #5022AE

monochromatic

#483E0E #7B6A18 #AE9622 #D8BC36 #E2CD69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE9622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9622

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9622	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab468',
    500: '#ae9622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9622;
$custom-light: #cab468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67534,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9622

secondary

#6475C7

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9622

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

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