#AE962E#AE962E

#AE962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE962E
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -2.38, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 55.11, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0121 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8565, 31.0102, 7.0499)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962E #2E46AE

analogous

#AE562E #AE962E #86AE2E

triadic

#AE962E #2EAE96 #962EAE

tetradic

#AE962E #2EAE56 #2E46AE #AE2E86

square

#AE962E #2EAE56 #2E46AE #AE2E86

split-complementary

#AE962E #2E86AE #562EAE

monochromatic

#4D4314 #7E6C21 #AE962E #CFB64A #DCCA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46e',
    500: '#ae962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962e;
$custom-light: #cab46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6761,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962E

secondary

#7483C4

accent

#63E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962E

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

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