#AE912E#AE912E

#AE912E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.119 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE912E
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 0.34, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 53.75, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0043 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.119 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0756, 29.4484, 6.7896)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE912E #2E4BAE

analogous

#AE512E #AE912E #8BAE2E

triadic

#AE912E #2EAE91 #912EAE

tetradic

#AE912E #2EAE51 #2E4BAE #AE2E8B

square

#AE912E #2EAE51 #2E4BAE #AE2E8B

split-complementary

#AE912E #2E8BAE #512EAE

monochromatic

#4D4014 #7E6921 #AE912E #CFB14A #DCC67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#AE912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE912E

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE912E	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)

#A18F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.119 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06d',
    500: '#ae912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae912e;
$custom-light: #cab06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE912E

secondary

#7486C4

accent

#6AE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE912E

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

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