#AE8D27#AE8D27

#AE8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D27
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 2.22, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 55.42, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0003 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.121 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3483, 28.1967, 5.9211)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D27 #2748AE

analogous

#AE4927 #AE8D27 #8CAE27

triadic

#AE8D27 #27AE8D #8D27AE

tetradic

#AE8D27 #27AE49 #2748AE #AE278C

square

#AE8D27 #27AE49 #2748AE #AE278C

split-complementary

#AE8D27 #278CAE #4927AE

monochromatic

#4A3C11 #7C641C #AE8D27 #D4AF3E #DFC470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D27

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D27	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)

#9E8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ae8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d27;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65661,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D27

secondary

#6B81C6

accent

#6AE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D27

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

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