#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
RGBrgb(174, 141, 30)
HSLhsl(46, 71%, 40%)
HSVhsv(46, 83%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.02, 1.89, 58.38)
CIE-LCHlch(60.02, 58.41, 88.14°)
OKLaboklab(65.61% -0.0016 0.1256)
OKLCHoklch(65.61% 0.126 90.7)
XYZxyz(27.2164, 28.1439, 5.2269)
Luminance0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE8D1E1.003.176.636.63
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6321.001.001.00
##0000006.6321.001.001.00

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

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#AE8D1E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva