#AE962D#AE962D

#AE962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE962D
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -2.43, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 55.50, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0124 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8371, 31.0024, 6.9473)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962D #2D45AE

analogous

#AE552D #AE962D #85AE2D

triadic

#AE962D #2DAE96 #962DAE

tetradic

#AE962D #2DAE55 #2D45AE #AE2D85

square

#AE962D #2DAE55 #2D45AE #AE2D85

split-complementary

#AE962D #2D85AE #552DAE

monochromatic

#4D4214 #7D6C20 #AE962D #D0B748 #DCCA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962D	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)

#A6931C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46d',
    500: '#ae962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962d;
$custom-light: #cab46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67603,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962D

secondary

#7282C4

accent

#63E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962D

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

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