#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
RGBrgb(174, 142, 34)
HSLhsl(46, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(46, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.30, 1.48, 57.35)
CIE-LCHlch(60.30, 57.37, 88.52°)
OKLaboklab(65.84% -0.0024 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(65.84% 0.124 91.1)
XYZxyz(27.4189, 28.4619, 5.5626)
Luminance0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AE8E221.003.146.696.69
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6921.001.001.00
##0000006.6921.001.001.00

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

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#AE8E22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva