#AE942A#AE942A

#AE942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE942A
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -1.48, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 56.06, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.01 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4649, 30.3473, 6.5483)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE942A #2A44AE

analogous

#AE522A #AE942A #86AE2A

triadic

#AE942A #2AAE94 #942AAE

tetradic

#AE942A #2AAE52 #2A44AE #AE2A86

square

#AE942A #2AAE52 #2A44AE #AE2A86

split-complementary

#AE942A #2A86AE #522AAE

monochromatic

#4B4012 #7D6A1E #AE942A #D2B643 #DEC975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE942A

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE942A	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36c',
    500: '#ae942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae942a;
$custom-light: #cab36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67156,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE942A

secondary

#6F80C5

accent

#63E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE942A

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

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