#AE8D20#AE8D20

#AE8D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D20
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 1.96, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 57.79, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0012 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.125 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2428, 28.1545, 5.3657)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D20 #2041AE

analogous

#AE4620 #AE8D20 #88AE20

triadic

#AE8D20 #20AE8D #8D20AE

tetradic

#AE8D20 #20AE46 #2041AE #AE2088

square

#AE8D20 #20AE46 #2041AE #AE2088

split-complementary

#AE8D20 #2088AE #4620AE

monochromatic

#47390D #7A6316 #AE8D20 #D9B232 #E3C666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D20

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D20	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)

#9E8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad66',
    500: '#ae8d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d20;
$custom-light: #cbad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65619,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D20

secondary

#6279C8

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D20

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

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