#AE8D28#AE8D28

#AE8D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D28
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 2.26, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 55.06, 87.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0005 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.12 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3651, 28.2034, 6.0095)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D28 #2849AE

analogous

#AE4A28 #AE8D28 #8CAE28

triadic

#AE8D28 #28AE8D #8D28AE

tetradic

#AE8D28 #28AE4A #2849AE #AE288C

square

#AE8D28 #28AE4A #2849AE #AE288C

split-complementary

#AE8D28 #288CAE #4A28AE

monochromatic

#4A3C11 #7C651D #AE8D28 #D3AF40 #DFC472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D28

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D28	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)

#9E8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ae8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d28;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65668,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D28

secondary

#6C82C6

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D28

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

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