#AE982A#AE982A

#AE982A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE982A
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -3.64, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 57.18, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0161 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1032, 31.6238, 6.7611)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE982A #2A40AE

analogous

#AE562A #AE982A #82AE2A

triadic

#AE982A #2AAE98 #982AAE

tetradic

#AE982A #2AAE56 #2A40AE #AE2A82

square

#AE982A #2AAE56 #2A40AE #AE2A82

split-complementary

#AE982A #2A82AE #562AAE

monochromatic

#4B4212 #7D6D1E #AE982A #D2BA43 #DECC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE982A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE982A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE982A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE982A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE982A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae982a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56c',
    500: '#ae982a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae982a;
$custom-light: #cab56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae982a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6801,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE982A

secondary

#6F7DC5

accent

#5EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE982A

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

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