#AE8D25#AE8D25

#AE8D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D25
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 2.14, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 56.13, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0002 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.122 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3160, 28.1838, 5.7512)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D25 #2546AE

analogous

#AE4825 #AE8D25 #8BAE25

triadic

#AE8D25 #25AE8D #8D25AE

tetradic

#AE8D25 #25AE48 #2546AE #AE258B

square

#AE8D25 #25AE48 #2546AE #AE258B

split-complementary

#AE8D25 #258BAE #4825AE

monochromatic

#493B10 #7C641A #AE8D25 #D5B03B #E0C46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D25

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D25	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)

#9E8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae68',
    500: '#ae8d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d25;
$custom-light: #caae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65648,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D25

secondary

#687FC6

accent

#68E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D25

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

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