#AE8B21#AE8B21

#AE8B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.123 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B21
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 3.09, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 57.05, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0021 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.123 89)
XYZ	xyz(26.9644, 27.5755, 5.3409)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B21 #2144AE

analogous

#AE4421 #AE8B21 #8BAE21

triadic

#AE8B21 #21AE8B #8B21AE

tetradic

#AE8B21 #21AE44 #2144AE #AE218B

square

#AE8B21 #21AE44 #2144AE #AE218B

split-complementary

#AE8B21 #218BAE #4421AE

monochromatic

#47390D #7B6217 #AE8B21 #D8B034 #E2C467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B21

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B21	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9C8A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.123 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac66',
    500: '#ae8b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b21;
$custom-light: #cbac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65207,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.27574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B21

secondary

#637CC8

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B21

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

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