#AE952C#AE952C

#AE952C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE952C
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -1.93, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 55.59, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0111 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.123 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6591, 30.6770, 6.7941)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE952C #2C45AE

analogous

#AE542C #AE952C #86AE2C

triadic

#AE952C #2CAE95 #952CAE

tetradic

#AE952C #2CAE54 #2C45AE #AE2C86

square

#AE952C #2CAE54 #2C45AE #AE2C86

split-complementary

#AE952C #2C86AE #542CAE

monochromatic

#4C4113 #7D6B20 #AE952C #D0B647 #DDC978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE952C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE952C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE952C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE952C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE952C	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae952c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36d',
    500: '#ae952c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae952c;
$custom-light: #cab36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae952c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67383,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE952C

secondary

#7181C5

accent

#63E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE952C

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

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