Yellowy Brown#AE8B0C

#AE8B0C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.131 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellowy Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#AE8B0C
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 12)
HSL	hsl(47, 87%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 93%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 93.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 2.57, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 62.28, 87.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0009 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.131 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7563, 27.4923, 4.2451)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B0C #0C2FAE

analogous

#AE3A0C #AE8B0C #80AE0C

triadic

#AE8B0C #0CAE8B #8B0CAE

tetradic

#AE8B0C #0CAE3A #0C2FAE #AE0C80

square

#AE8B0C #0CAE3A #0C2FAE #AE0C80

split-complementary

#AE8B0C #0C80AE #3A0CAE

monochromatic

#3B3004 #755D08 #AE8B0C #E7B910 #F2CC42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8B0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8B0C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B0C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B0C	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.131 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac5f',
    500: '#ae8b0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b0c;
$custom-light: #cbac5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B0C

secondary

#4463D2

accent

#58FD2B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141005

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B0C

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

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