#AE962F#AE962F

#AE962F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE962F
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -2.33, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 54.73, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0119 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8765, 31.0182, 7.1549)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE962F #2F47AE

analogous

#AE562F #AE962F #86AE2F

triadic

#AE962F #2FAE96 #962FAE

tetradic

#AE962F #2FAE56 #2F47AE #AE2F86

square

#AE962F #2FAE56 #2F47AE #AE2F86

split-complementary

#AE962F #2F86AE #562FAE

monochromatic

#4E4315 #7E6C22 #AE962F #CFB64C #DCC97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE962F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE962F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE962F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE962F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE962F	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae962f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46e',
    500: '#ae962f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae962f;
$custom-light: #cab46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae962f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67618,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE962F

secondary

#7584C4

accent

#64E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE962F

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

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