#AE8C20#AE8C20

#AE8C20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C20
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 2.51, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 57.58, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0004 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.124 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0960, 27.8609, 5.3168)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C20 #2042AE

analogous

#AE4520 #AE8C20 #89AE20

triadic

#AE8C20 #20AE8C #8C20AE

tetradic

#AE8C20 #20AE45 #2042AE #AE2089

square

#AE8C20 #20AE45 #2042AE #AE2089

split-complementary

#AE8C20 #2089AE #4520AE

monochromatic

#47390D #7A6216 #AE8C20 #D9B132 #E3C566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AE8C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C20

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C20	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)

#9D8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad66',
    500: '#ae8c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c20;
$custom-light: #cbad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6541,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C20

secondary

#627AC8

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C20

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

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