#AE962C#AE962C

#AE962C 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	#AE962C
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -2.47, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 55.87, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0126 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8180, 30.9948, 6.8471)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962C #2C44AE

analogous

#AE552C #AE962C #85AE2C

triadic

#AE962C #2CAE96 #962CAE

tetradic

#AE962C #2CAE55 #2C44AE #AE2C85

square

#AE962C #2CAE55 #2C44AE #AE2C85

split-complementary

#AE962C #2C85AE #552CAE

monochromatic

#4C4213 #7D6C20 #AE962C #D0B747 #DDCA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962C

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962C	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)

#A6931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46d',
    500: '#ae962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962c;
$custom-light: #cab46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67596,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962C

secondary

#7181C5

accent

#62E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962C

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

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