#AE972D#AE972D

#AE972D 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	#AE972D
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -2.97, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 55.78, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0139 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9973, 31.3229, 7.0007)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE972D #2D44AE

analogous

#AE562D #AE972D #85AE2D

triadic

#AE972D #2DAE97 #972DAE

tetradic

#AE972D #2DAE56 #2D44AE #AE2D85

square

#AE972D #2DAE56 #2D44AE #AE2D85

split-complementary

#AE972D #2D85AE #562DAE

monochromatic

#4D4314 #7D6D20 #AE972D #D0B848 #DCCB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE972D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE972D	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)

#A7941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56d',
    500: '#ae972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae972d;
$custom-light: #cab56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67816,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE972D

secondary

#7281C4

accent

#62E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE972D

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

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