#AE8C1F#AE8C1F

#AE8C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.125 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C1F
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 2.48, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 57.89, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0002 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.125 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0826, 27.8556, 5.2463)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C1F #1F41AE

analogous

#AE441F #AE8C1F #89AE1F

triadic

#AE8C1F #1FAE8C #8C1FAE

tetradic

#AE8C1F #1FAE44 #1F41AE #AE1F89

square

#AE8C1F #1FAE44 #1F41AE #AE1F89

split-complementary

#AE8C1F #1F89AE #441FAE

monochromatic

#46380C #7A6216 #AE8C1F #DAB230 #E3C564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AE8C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C1F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C1F	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.125 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad65',
    500: '#ae8c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c1f;
$custom-light: #cbad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65405,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C1F

secondary

#6079C8

accent

#65ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C1F

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

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