#AE942E#AE942E

#AE942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE942E
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -1.30, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 54.55, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.009 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5401, 30.3773, 6.9444)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE942E #2E48AE

analogous

#AE542E #AE942E #88AE2E

triadic

#AE942E #2EAE94 #942EAE

tetradic

#AE942E #2EAE54 #2E48AE #AE2E88

square

#AE942E #2EAE54 #2E48AE #AE2E88

split-complementary

#AE942E #2E88AE #542EAE

monochromatic

#4D4214 #7E6B21 #AE942E #CFB44A #DCC87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AE942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE942E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE942E	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36e',
    500: '#ae942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae942e;
$custom-light: #cab36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67185,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE942E

secondary

#7484C4

accent

#66E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE942E

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

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