#AE972E#AE972E

#AE972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE972E
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -2.92, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 55.40, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0137 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0168, 31.3307, 7.1033)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE972E #2E45AE

analogous

#AE572E #AE972E #85AE2E

triadic

#AE972E #2EAE97 #972EAE

tetradic

#AE972E #2EAE57 #2E45AE #AE2E85

square

#AE972E #2EAE57 #2E45AE #AE2E85

split-complementary

#AE972E #2E85AE #572EAE

monochromatic

#4D4314 #7E6D21 #AE972E #CFB74A #DCCA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AE972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE972E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE972E	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7941D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56e',
    500: '#ae972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae972e;
$custom-light: #cab56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67824,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE972E

secondary

#7482C4

accent

#62E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE972E

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

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