#AE932A#AE932A

#AE932A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE932A
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -0.94, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 55.80, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0084 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.123 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3087, 30.0349, 6.4963)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE932A #2A45AE

analogous

#AE512A #AE932A #87AE2A

triadic

#AE932A #2AAE93 #932AAE

tetradic

#AE932A #2AAE51 #2A45AE #AE2A87

square

#AE932A #2AAE51 #2A45AE #AE2A87

split-complementary

#AE932A #2A87AE #512AAE

monochromatic

#4B4012 #7D691E #AE932A #D2B543 #DEC875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE932A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#AE932A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE932A

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE932A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE932A	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae932a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab26b',
    500: '#ae932a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae932a;
$custom-light: #cab26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae932a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66944,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE932A

secondary

#6F80C5

accent

#64E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE932A

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

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