#AE902A#AE902A

#AE902A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.121 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE902A
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 0.70, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 55.03, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0038 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.121 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8483, 29.1141, 6.3428)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE902A #2A48AE

analogous

#AE4E2A #AE902A #8AAE2A

triadic

#AE902A #2AAE90 #902AAE

tetradic

#AE902A #2AAE4E #2A48AE #AE2A8A

square

#AE902A #2AAE4E #2A48AE #AE2A8A

split-complementary

#AE902A #2A8AAE #4E2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7D671E #AE902A #D2B143 #DEC675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE902A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE902A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE902A

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE902A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE902A	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae902a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.121 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06b',
    500: '#ae902a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae902a;
$custom-light: #cab06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae902a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66311,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE902A

secondary

#6F82C5

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE902A

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

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