#AE8D21#AE8D21

#AE8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D21
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 1.99, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 57.47, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.001 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.124 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2566, 28.1600, 5.4384)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D21 #2142AE

analogous

#AE4621 #AE8D21 #89AE21

triadic

#AE8D21 #21AE8D #8D21AE

tetradic

#AE8D21 #21AE46 #2142AE #AE2189

square

#AE8D21 #21AE46 #2142AE #AE2189

split-complementary

#AE8D21 #2189AE #4621AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7B6317 #AE8D21 #D8B234 #E2C567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D21

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D21	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)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad66',
    500: '#ae8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d21;
$custom-light: #cbad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65625,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D21

secondary

#637BC8

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D21

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

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