#AE8D24#AE8D24

#AE8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.123 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D24
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 2.10, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 56.47, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0004 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.123 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3005, 28.1776, 5.6696)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D24 #2445AE

analogous

#AE4824 #AE8D24 #8AAE24

triadic

#AE8D24 #24AE8D #8D24AE

tetradic

#AE8D24 #24AE48 #2445AE #AE248A

square

#AE8D24 #24AE48 #2445AE #AE248A

split-complementary

#AE8D24 #248AAE #4824AE

monochromatic

#493B0F #7B641A #AE8D24 #D6B139 #E1C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D24

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D24	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.123 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae68',
    500: '#ae8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d24;
$custom-light: #cbae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65642,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D24

secondary

#677EC7

accent

#68E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D24

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

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