#AE8E22#AE8E22

#AE8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E22
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 1.48, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 57.37, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0024 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.124 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4189, 28.4619, 5.5626)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E22 #2242AE

analogous

#AE4822 #AE8E22 #88AE22

triadic

#AE8E22 #22AE8E #8E22AE

tetradic

#AE8E22 #22AE48 #2242AE #AE2288

square

#AE8E22 #22AE48 #2242AE #AE2288

split-complementary

#AE8E22 #2288AE #4822AE

monochromatic

#483A0E #7B6418 #AE8E22 #D8B336 #E2C669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E22

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E22	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)

#9F8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#ae8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e22;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E22

secondary

#647BC7

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E22

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

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