#AE8B1E#AE8B1E

#AE8B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.125 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B1E
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 2.99, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 58.00, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0016 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.125 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9242, 27.5595, 5.1295)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B1E #1E41AE

analogous

#AE431E #AE8B1E #89AE1E

triadic

#AE8B1E #1EAE8B #8B1EAE

tetradic

#AE8B1E #1EAE43 #1E41AE #AE1E89

square

#AE8B1E #1EAE43 #1E41AE #AE1E89

split-complementary

#AE8B1E #1E89AE #431EAE

monochromatic

#46380C #7A6115 #AE8B1E #DBB12E #E4C562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B1E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B1E	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.125 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac65',
    500: '#ae8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b1e;
$custom-light: #cbac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65191,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B1E

secondary

#5F79C9

accent

#66ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B1E

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

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