#AE902B#AE902B

#AE902B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE902B
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 0.75, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 54.65, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0035 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.12 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8664, 29.1213, 6.4382)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE902B #2B49AE

analogous

#AE4F2B #AE902B #8AAE2B

triadic

#AE902B #2BAE90 #902BAE

tetradic

#AE902B #2BAE4F #2B49AE #AE2B8A

square

#AE902B #2BAE4F #2B49AE #AE2B8A

split-complementary

#AE902B #2B8AAE #4F2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3F13 #7D671F #AE902B #D1B145 #DDC676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE902B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE902B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE902B

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE902B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE902B	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)

#A08E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae902b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06c',
    500: '#ae902b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae902b;
$custom-light: #cab06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae902b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66318,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE902B

secondary

#7083C5

accent

#69E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE902B

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

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