#AE932B#AE932B

#AE932B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE932B
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -0.89, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 55.43, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0082 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3269, 30.0422, 6.5917)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE932B #2B46AE

analogous

#AE522B #AE932B #87AE2B

triadic

#AE932B #2BAE93 #932BAE

tetradic

#AE932B #2BAE52 #2B46AE #AE2B87

square

#AE932B #2BAE52 #2B46AE #AE2B87

split-complementary

#AE932B #2B87AE #522BAE

monochromatic

#4C4013 #7D6A1F #AE932B #D1B445 #DDC876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE932B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#AE932B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE932B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE932B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE932B	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)

#A39019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae932b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab26c',
    500: '#ae932b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae932b;
$custom-light: #cab26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae932b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66951,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE932B

secondary

#7081C5

accent

#65E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE932B

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

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