#AE952B#AE952B

#AE952B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE952B
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -1.98, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 55.97, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0113 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.124 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6406, 30.6696, 6.6963)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE952B #2B44AE

analogous

#AE542B #AE952B #85AE2B

triadic

#AE952B #2BAE95 #952BAE

tetradic

#AE952B #2BAE54 #2B44AE #AE2B85

square

#AE952B #2BAE54 #2B44AE #AE2B85

split-complementary

#AE952B #2B85AE #542BAE

monochromatic

#4C4113 #7D6B1F #AE952B #D1B645 #DDCA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE952B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE952B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE952B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE952B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE952B	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)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae952b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36c',
    500: '#ae952b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae952b;
$custom-light: #cab36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae952b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67376,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE952B

secondary

#7080C5

accent

#63E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE952B

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

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