#AE911F#AE911F

#AE911F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE911F
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -0.26, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 59.00, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0076 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8299, 29.3501, 5.4954)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE911F #1F3CAE

analogous

#AE491F #AE911F #84AE1F

triadic

#AE911F #1FAE91 #911FAE

tetradic

#AE911F #1FAE49 #1F3CAE #AE1F84

square

#AE911F #1FAE49 #1F3CAE #AE1F84

split-complementary

#AE911F #1F84AE #491FAE

monochromatic

#463A0C #7A6616 #AE911F #DAB830 #E3CA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE911F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE911F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE911F

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE911F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE911F	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae911f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb066',
    500: '#ae911f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae911f;
$custom-light: #cbb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae911f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE911F

secondary

#6075C8

accent

#5FED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE911F

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

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