#AE972A#AE972A

#AE972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.126 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE972A
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -3.10, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 56.89, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0146 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.126 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9416, 31.3006, 6.7072)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE972A #2A41AE

analogous

#AE552A #AE972A #83AE2A

triadic

#AE972A #2AAE97 #972AAE

tetradic

#AE972A #2AAE55 #2A41AE #AE2A83

square

#AE972A #2AAE55 #2A41AE #AE2A83

split-complementary

#AE972A #2A83AE #552AAE

monochromatic

#4B4112 #7D6C1E #AE972A #D2B943 #DECB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE972A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE972A	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.126 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56c',
    500: '#ae972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae972a;
$custom-light: #cab56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE972A

secondary

#6F7EC5

accent

#60E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE972A

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

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