#AE901F#AE901F

#AE901F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.127 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE901F
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 0.28, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 58.77, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0061 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.127 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6778, 29.0458, 5.4447)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE901F #1F3DAE

analogous

#AE491F #AE901F #84AE1F

triadic

#AE901F #1FAE90 #901FAE

tetradic

#AE901F #1FAE49 #1F3DAE #AE1F84

square

#AE901F #1FAE49 #1F3DAE #AE1F84

split-complementary

#AE901F #1F84AE #491FAE

monochromatic

#463A0C #7A6516 #AE901F #DAB630 #E3C964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE901F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#AE901F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE901F

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE901F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE901F	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae901f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.127 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb066',
    500: '#ae901f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae901f;
$custom-light: #cbb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae901f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66244,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE901F

secondary

#6076C8

accent

#60ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE901F

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

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