#AE992E#AE992E

#AE992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE992E
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -4.00, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 55.99, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0167 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.125 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3414, 31.9799, 7.2115)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE992E #2E43AE

analogous

#AE592E #AE992E #83AE2E

triadic

#AE992E #2EAE99 #992EAE

tetradic

#AE992E #2EAE59 #2E43AE #AE2E83

square

#AE992E #2EAE59 #2E43AE #AE2E83

split-complementary

#AE992E #2E83AE #592EAE

monochromatic

#4D4414 #7E6E21 #AE992E #CFB94A #DCCC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AE992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE992E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE992E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66e',
    500: '#ae992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae992e;
$custom-light: #cab66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68252,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE992E

secondary

#7481C4

accent

#60E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE992E

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

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