#AE952E#AE952E

#AE952E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE952E
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -1.84, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 54.83, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0106 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.122 95)
XYZ	xyz(28.6976, 30.6924, 6.9969)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE952E #2E47AE

analogous

#AE552E #AE952E #87AE2E

triadic

#AE952E #2EAE95 #952EAE

tetradic

#AE952E #2EAE55 #2E47AE #AE2E87

square

#AE952E #2EAE55 #2E47AE #AE2E87

split-complementary

#AE952E #2E87AE #552EAE

monochromatic

#4D4214 #7E6C21 #AE952E #CFB54A #DCC97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AE952E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AE952E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE952E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE952E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE952E	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)

#A5921E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae952e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36e',
    500: '#ae952e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae952e;
$custom-light: #cab36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae952e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67397,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.30691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE952E

secondary

#7483C4

accent

#65E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE952E

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

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