#AE902C#AE902C

#AE902C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE902C
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 0.79, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 54.27, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0033 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8850, 29.1287, 6.5361)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE902C #2C4AAE

analogous

#AE4F2C #AE902C #8BAE2C

triadic

#AE902C #2CAE90 #902CAE

tetradic

#AE902C #2CAE4F #2C4AAE #AE2C8B

square

#AE902C #2CAE4F #2C4AAE #AE2C8B

split-complementary

#AE902C #2C8BAE #4F2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3F13 #7D6820 #AE902C #D0B147 #DDC578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE902C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AE902C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE902C

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE902C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE902C	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae902c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06c',
    500: '#ae902c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae902c;
$custom-light: #cab06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae902c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66325,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE902C

secondary

#7184C5

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE902C

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

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