#AE962B#AE962B

#AE962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE962B
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -2.52, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 56.24, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0128 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7995, 30.9873, 6.7493)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962B #2B43AE

analogous

#AE552B #AE962B #84AE2B

triadic

#AE962B #2BAE96 #962BAE

tetradic

#AE962B #2BAE55 #2B43AE #AE2B84

square

#AE962B #2BAE55 #2B43AE #AE2B84

split-complementary

#AE962B #2B84AE #552BAE

monochromatic

#4C4113 #7D6C1F #AE962B #D1B745 #DDCA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962B	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)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46c',
    500: '#ae962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962b;
$custom-light: #cab46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962B

secondary

#707FC5

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962B

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

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