#AE8D23#AE8D23

#AE8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.123 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D23
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 2.07, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 56.81, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0006 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.123 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2855, 28.1715, 5.5903)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D23 #2344AE

analogous

#AE4723 #AE8D23 #89AE23

triadic

#AE8D23 #23AE8D #8D23AE

tetradic

#AE8D23 #23AE47 #2344AE #AE2389

square

#AE8D23 #23AE47 #2344AE #AE2389

split-complementary

#AE8D23 #2389AE #4723AE

monochromatic

#483A0F #7B6419 #AE8D23 #D7B137 #E1C56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D23

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D23	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)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.123 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#ae8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d23;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D23

secondary

#667DC7

accent

#67E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D23

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

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