#AE962A#AE962A

#AE962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE962A
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -2.56, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 56.61, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0131 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(28.7813, 30.9801, 6.6538)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962A #2A42AE

analogous

#AE542A #AE962A #84AE2A

triadic

#AE962A #2AAE96 #962AAE

tetradic

#AE962A #2AAE54 #2A42AE #AE2A84

square

#AE962A #2AAE54 #2A42AE #AE2A84

split-complementary

#AE962A #2A84AE #542AAE

monochromatic

#4B4112 #7D6C1E #AE962A #D2B843 #DECB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962A	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46c',
    500: '#ae962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962a;
$custom-light: #cab46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.30979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962A

secondary

#6F7EC5

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962A

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

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