#AE8D1E#AE8D1E

#AE8D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D1E
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 1.89, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 58.41, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0016 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.126 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2164, 28.1439, 5.2269)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D1E #1E3FAE

analogous

#AE451E #AE8D1E #87AE1E

triadic

#AE8D1E #1EAE8D #8D1EAE

tetradic

#AE8D1E #1EAE45 #1E3FAE #AE1E87

square

#AE8D1E #1EAE45 #1E3FAE #AE1E87

split-complementary

#AE8D1E #1E87AE #451EAE

monochromatic

#46380C #7A6315 #AE8D1E #DBB32E #E4C662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D1E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D1E	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad65',
    500: '#ae8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d1e;
$custom-light: #cbad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65609,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D1E

secondary

#5F77C9

accent

#63ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D1E

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

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