#AE8D2A#AE8D2A

#AE8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D2A
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 2.35, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 54.31, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0009 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.119 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4000, 28.2173, 6.1934)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D2A #2A4BAE

analogous

#AE4B2A #AE8D2A #8DAE2A

triadic

#AE8D2A #2AAE8D #8D2AAE

tetradic

#AE8D2A #2AAE4B #2A4BAE #AE2A8D

square

#AE8D2A #2AAE4B #2A4BAE #AE2A8D

split-complementary

#AE8D2A #2A8DAE #4B2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3D12 #7D651E #AE8D2A #D2AE43 #DEC375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D2A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D2A	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)

#9E8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6b',
    500: '#ae8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d2a;
$custom-light: #caae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D2A

secondary

#6F84C5

accent

#6CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D2A

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

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