#AE912C#AE912C

#AE912C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE912C
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 0.25, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 54.53, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0048 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.12 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0371, 29.4330, 6.5868)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE912C #2C49AE

analogous

#AE502C #AE912C #8AAE2C

triadic

#AE912C #2CAE91 #912CAE

tetradic

#AE912C #2CAE50 #2C49AE #AE2C8A

square

#AE912C #2CAE50 #2C49AE #AE2C8A

split-complementary

#AE912C #2C8AAE #502CAE

monochromatic

#4C4013 #7D6820 #AE912C #D0B247 #DDC678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE912C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#AE912C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE912C

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE912C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE912C	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae912c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06c',
    500: '#ae912c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae912c;
$custom-light: #cab06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae912c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66536,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE912C

secondary

#7184C5

accent

#68E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE912C

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

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