#AE8C25#AE8C25

#AE8C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C25
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 2.69, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 55.91, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0014 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.122 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1692, 27.8902, 5.7022)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C25 #2547AE

analogous

#AE4725 #AE8C25 #8CAE25

triadic

#AE8C25 #25AE8C #8C25AE

tetradic

#AE8C25 #25AE47 #2547AE #AE258C

square

#AE8C25 #25AE47 #2547AE #AE258C

split-complementary

#AE8C25 #258CAE #4725AE

monochromatic

#493B10 #7C631A #AE8C25 #D5AF3B #E0C46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AE8C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C25

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C25	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)

#9D8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad68',
    500: '#ae8c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c25;
$custom-light: #cbad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6544,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C25

secondary

#6880C6

accent

#6AE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C25

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

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