#AE921F#AE921F

#AE921F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.128 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE921F
RGB	rgb(174, 146, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -0.81, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 59.24, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0092 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.128 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9834, 29.6570, 5.5465)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE921F #1F3BAE

analogous

#AE4B1F #AE921F #82AE1F

triadic

#AE921F #1FAE92 #921FAE

tetradic

#AE921F #1FAE4B #1F3BAE #AE1F82

square

#AE921F #1FAE4B #1F3BAE #AE1F82

split-complementary

#AE921F #1F82AE #4B1FAE

monochromatic

#463B0C #7A6616 #AE921F #DAB930 #E3CA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE921F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AE921F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE921F

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE921F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE921F	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae921f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 146, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.128 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb166',
    500: '#ae921f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae921f;
$custom-light: #cbb166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae921f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66667,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE921F

secondary

#6075C8

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE921F

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

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