#AE8C21#AE8C21

#AE8C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C21
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 2.54, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 57.26, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0006 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.124 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1098, 27.8664, 5.3894)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C21 #2143AE

analogous

#AE4521 #AE8C21 #89AE21

triadic

#AE8C21 #21AE8C #8C21AE

tetradic

#AE8C21 #21AE45 #2143AE #AE2189

square

#AE8C21 #21AE45 #2143AE #AE2189

split-complementary

#AE8C21 #2189AE #4521AE

monochromatic

#47390D #7B6317 #AE8C21 #D8B134 #E2C567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AE8C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C21

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C21	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9D8B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad66',
    500: '#ae8c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c21;
$custom-light: #cbad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C21

secondary

#637BC8

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C21

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

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