#AE8E24#AE8E24

#AE8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E24
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 1.55, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 56.70, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.002 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.123 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4486, 28.4738, 5.7190)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E24 #2444AE

analogous

#AE4924 #AE8E24 #89AE24

triadic

#AE8E24 #24AE8E #8E24AE

tetradic

#AE8E24 #24AE49 #2444AE #AE2489

square

#AE8E24 #24AE49 #2444AE #AE2489

split-complementary

#AE8E24 #2489AE #4924AE

monochromatic

#493B0F #7B651A #AE8E24 #D6B239 #E1C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E24

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E24	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)

#9F8C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae68',
    500: '#ae8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e24;
$custom-light: #caae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65852,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E24

secondary

#677DC7

accent

#66E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E24

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

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