#AE942B#AE942B

#AE942B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; 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	#AE942B
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -1.44, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 55.69, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0098 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4830, 30.3545, 6.6438)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE942B #2B45AE

analogous

#AE532B #AE942B #86AE2B

triadic

#AE942B #2BAE94 #942BAE

tetradic

#AE942B #2BAE53 #2B45AE #AE2B86

square

#AE942B #2BAE53 #2B45AE #AE2B86

split-complementary

#AE942B #2B86AE #532BAE

monochromatic

#4C4113 #7D6A1F #AE942B #D1B545 #DDC976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE942B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE942B	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)

#A49119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36c',
    500: '#ae942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae942b;
$custom-light: #cab36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67163,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE942B

secondary

#7081C5

accent

#64E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE942B

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

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