#AE8E20#AE8E20

#AE8E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E20
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 1.41, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 58.01, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0028 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3909, 28.4507, 5.4151)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E20 #2040AE

analogous

#AE4720 #AE8E20 #87AE20

triadic

#AE8E20 #20AE8E #8E20AE

tetradic

#AE8E20 #20AE47 #2040AE #AE2087

square

#AE8E20 #20AE47 #2040AE #AE2087

split-complementary

#AE8E20 #2087AE #4720AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7A6416 #AE8E20 #D9B432 #E3C766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E20

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E20	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)

#9F8C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae66',
    500: '#ae8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e20;
$custom-light: #cbae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65829,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E20

secondary

#6279C8

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E20

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

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