#AE942D#AE942D

#AE942D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE942D
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -1.34, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 54.94, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0093 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.122 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5206, 30.3695, 6.8418)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE942D #2D47AE

analogous

#AE532D #AE942D #87AE2D

triadic

#AE942D #2DAE94 #942DAE

tetradic

#AE942D #2DAE53 #2D47AE #AE2D87

square

#AE942D #2DAE53 #2D47AE #AE2D87

split-complementary

#AE942D #2D87AE #532DAE

monochromatic

#4D4114 #7D6B20 #AE942D #D0B448 #DCC879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE942D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE942D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE942D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE942D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE942D	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)

#A4911C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae942d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36d',
    500: '#ae942d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae942d;
$custom-light: #cab36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae942d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE942D

secondary

#7283C4

accent

#65E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE942D

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

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