#AE9722#AE9722

#AE9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9722
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -3.42, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 59.60, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0163 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8124, 31.2489, 6.0271)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9722 #2239AE

analogous

#AE5122 #AE9722 #7FAE22

triadic

#AE9722 #22AE97 #9722AE

tetradic

#AE9722 #22AE51 #2239AE #AE227F

square

#AE9722 #22AE51 #2239AE #AE227F

split-complementary

#AE9722 #227FAE #5122AE

monochromatic

#483E0E #7B6B18 #AE9722 #D8BD36 #E2CE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AE9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9722

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9722	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab568',
    500: '#ae9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9722;
$custom-light: #cab568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67747,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9722

secondary

#6475C7

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9722

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

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