#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
RGBrgb(174, 140, 36)
HSLhsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.78, 2.65, 56.19)
CIE-LCHlch(59.78, 56.26, 87.30°)
OKLaboklab(65.43% 0.0012 0.1222)
OKLCHoklch(65.43% 0.122 89.5)
XYZxyz(27.1537, 27.8840, 5.6207)
Luminance0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE8C241.003.196.586.58
#FFFFFF3.191.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5821.001.001.00
##0000006.5821.001.001.00

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

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#AE8C24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva