#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
RGBrgb(174, 148, 43)
HSLhsl(48, 60%, 43%)
HSVhsv(48, 75%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.96, -1.44, 55.67)
CIE-LCHlch(61.96, 55.69, 91.48°)
OKLaboklab(67.16% -0.0098 0.1225)
OKLCHoklch(67.16% 0.123 94.6)
XYZxyz(28.4830, 30.3545, 6.6438)
Luminance0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE942B1.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

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

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#AE942B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva