#AE8D26#AE8D26

#AE8D26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D26
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 2.18, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 55.78, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.122 90)
XYZ	xyz(27.3319, 28.1901, 5.8350)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D26 #2647AE

analogous

#AE4926 #AE8D26 #8BAE26

triadic

#AE8D26 #26AE8D #8D26AE

tetradic

#AE8D26 #26AE49 #2647AE #AE268B

square

#AE8D26 #26AE49 #2647AE #AE268B

split-complementary

#AE8D26 #268BAE #4926AE

monochromatic

#4A3C10 #7C641B #AE8D26 #D5B03D #E0C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D26

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D26	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)

#9E8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ae8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d26;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65655,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.28188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D26

secondary

#6A80C6

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D26

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

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