#AE8D29#AE8D29

#AE8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D29
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 2.30, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 54.69, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0007 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.12 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3823, 28.2103, 6.1003)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D29 #294AAE

analogous

#AE4B29 #AE8D29 #8CAE29

triadic

#AE8D29 #29AE8D #8D29AE

tetradic

#AE8D29 #29AE4B #294AAE #AE298C

square

#AE8D29 #29AE4B #294AAE #AE298C

split-complementary

#AE8D29 #298CAE #4B29AE

monochromatic

#4B3D12 #7C651D #AE8D29 #D2AF42 #DEC473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D29

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D29	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)

#9E8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ae8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d29;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65675,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D29

secondary

#6D83C5

accent

#6BE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D29

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

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