#AE8E21#AE8E21

#AE8E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E21
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 1.44, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 57.69, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0026 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.125 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4047, 28.4562, 5.4877)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E21 #2141AE

analogous

#AE4721 #AE8E21 #87AE21

triadic

#AE8E21 #21AE8E #8E21AE

tetradic

#AE8E21 #21AE47 #2141AE #AE2187

square

#AE8E21 #21AE47 #2141AE #AE2187

split-complementary

#AE8E21 #2187AE #4721AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7B6417 #AE8E21 #D8B334 #E2C667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E21

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E21	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)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#ae8e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e21;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65834,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E21

secondary

#637AC8

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E21

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

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