#AE8E1F#AE8E1F

#AE8E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E1F
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 1.38, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 58.32, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0029 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.126 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3775, 28.4454, 5.3446)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E1F #1F3FAE

analogous

#AE461F #AE8E1F #87AE1F

triadic

#AE8E1F #1FAE8E #8E1FAE

tetradic

#AE8E1F #1FAE46 #1F3FAE #AE1F87

square

#AE8E1F #1FAE46 #1F3FAE #AE1F87

split-complementary

#AE8E1F #1F87AE #461FAE

monochromatic

#46390C #7A6416 #AE8E1F #DAB430 #E3C764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E1F

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E1F	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae66',
    500: '#ae8e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e1f;
$custom-light: #cbae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E1F

secondary

#6078C8

accent

#63ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E1F

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

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