#AE8A1E#AE8A1E

#AE8A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.124 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A1E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 3.55, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 57.80, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0031 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.124 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7801, 27.2712, 5.0814)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A1E #1E42AE

analogous

#AE421E #AE8A1E #8AAE1E

triadic

#AE8A1E #1EAE8A #8A1EAE

tetradic

#AE8A1E #1EAE42 #1E42AE #AE1E8A

square

#AE8A1E #1EAE42 #1E42AE #AE1E8A

split-complementary

#AE8A1E #1E8AAE #421EAE

monochromatic

#46370C #7A6115 #AE8A1E #DBB02E #E4C462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A1E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A1E	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.124 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab65',
    500: '#ae8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a1e;
$custom-light: #cbab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64983,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A1E

secondary

#5F79C9

accent

#67ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A1E

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

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