#AE972C#AE972C

#AE972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE972C
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -3.02, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 56.16, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0141 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9783, 31.3153, 6.9005)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE972C #2C43AE

analogous

#AE562C #AE972C #84AE2C

triadic

#AE972C #2CAE97 #972CAE

tetradic

#AE972C #2CAE56 #2C43AE #AE2C84

square

#AE972C #2CAE56 #2C43AE #AE2C84

split-complementary

#AE972C #2C84AE #562CAE

monochromatic

#4C4213 #7D6D20 #AE972C #D0B847 #DDCB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE972C

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE972C	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)

#A79419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56d',
    500: '#ae972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae972c;
$custom-light: #cab56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67809,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE972C

secondary

#7180C5

accent

#61E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE972C

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

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