#AE8C24#AE8C24

#AE8C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C24
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 2.65, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 56.26, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0012 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.122 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1537, 27.8840, 5.6207)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C24 #2446AE

analogous

#AE4724 #AE8C24 #8BAE24

triadic

#AE8C24 #24AE8C #8C24AE

tetradic

#AE8C24 #24AE47 #2446AE #AE248B

square

#AE8C24 #24AE47 #2446AE #AE248B

split-complementary

#AE8C24 #248BAE #4724AE

monochromatic

#493A0F #7B631A #AE8C24 #D6AF39 #E1C46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AE8C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C24

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C24	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad68',
    500: '#ae8c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c24;
$custom-light: #cbad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65433,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C24

secondary

#677FC7

accent

#69E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C24

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

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