#AE952A#AE952A

#AE952A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE952A
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -2.02, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 56.33, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0115 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6224, 30.6623, 6.6009)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE952A #2A43AE

analogous

#AE532A #AE952A #85AE2A

triadic

#AE952A #2AAE95 #952AAE

tetradic

#AE952A #2AAE53 #2A43AE #AE2A85

square

#AE952A #2AAE53 #2A43AE #AE2A85

split-complementary

#AE952A #2A85AE #532AAE

monochromatic

#4B4112 #7D6B1E #AE952A #D2B743 #DECA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE952A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE952A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE952A

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE952A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE952A	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae952a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36c',
    500: '#ae952a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae952a;
$custom-light: #cab36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae952a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE952A

secondary

#6F7FC5

accent

#62E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE952A

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

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