#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
RGBrgb(174, 150, 42)
HSLhsl(49, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.49, -2.56, 56.55)
CIE-LCHlch(62.49, 56.61, 92.60°)
OKLaboklab(67.58% -0.0131 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(67.58% 0.125 96)
XYZxyz(28.7813, 30.9801, 6.6538)
Luminance0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE962A1.002.927.207.20
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2021.001.001.00
##0000007.2021.001.001.00

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

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#AE962A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva