#AE992B#AE992B

#AE992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE992B
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -4.14, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 57.11, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0174 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2843, 31.9571, 6.9109)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE992B #2B40AE

analogous

#AE582B #AE992B #81AE2B

triadic

#AE992B #2BAE99 #992BAE

tetradic

#AE992B #2BAE58 #2B40AE #AE2B81

square

#AE992B #2BAE58 #2B40AE #AE2B81

split-complementary

#AE992B #2B81AE #582BAE

monochromatic

#4C4313 #7D6E1F #AE992B #D1BB45 #DDCD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE992B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE992B	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66d',
    500: '#ae992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae992b;
$custom-light: #cab66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68231,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE992B

secondary

#707EC5

accent

#5EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE992B

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

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