#AE8E23#AE8E23

#AE8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E23
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 1.52, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 57.03, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0022 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.124 91)
XYZ	xyz(27.4336, 28.4678, 5.6397)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E23 #2343AE

analogous

#AE4823 #AE8E23 #88AE23

triadic

#AE8E23 #23AE8E #8E23AE

tetradic

#AE8E23 #23AE48 #2343AE #AE2388

square

#AE8E23 #23AE48 #2343AE #AE2388

split-complementary

#AE8E23 #2388AE #4823AE

monochromatic

#483B0F #7B6419 #AE8E23 #D7B237 #E1C66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E23

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E23	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)

#9F8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#ae8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e23;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65846,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.28466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E23

secondary

#667CC7

accent

#66E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E23

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

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