#AE982D#AE982D

#AE982D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE982D
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -3.51, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 56.07, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0154 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1589, 31.6461, 7.0545)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE982D #2D43AE

analogous

#AE572D #AE982D #84AE2D

triadic

#AE982D #2DAE98 #982DAE

tetradic

#AE982D #2DAE57 #2D43AE #AE2D84

square

#AE982D #2DAE57 #2D43AE #AE2D84

split-complementary

#AE982D #2D84AE #572DAE

monochromatic

#4D4314 #7D6E20 #AE982D #D0B948 #DCCB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE982D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AE982D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE982D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE982D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE982D	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae982d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66e',
    500: '#ae982d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae982d;
$custom-light: #cab66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae982d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6803,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE982D

secondary

#7280C4

accent

#60E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE982D

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

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