#AE8E25#AE8E25

#AE8E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E25
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 1.59, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 56.35, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0018 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.123 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4641, 28.4800, 5.8005)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E25 #2545AE

analogous

#AE4925 #AE8E25 #8AAE25

triadic

#AE8E25 #25AE8E #8E25AE

tetradic

#AE8E25 #25AE49 #2545AE #AE258A

square

#AE8E25 #25AE49 #2545AE #AE258A

split-complementary

#AE8E25 #258AAE #4925AE

monochromatic

#493C10 #7C651A #AE8E25 #D5B13B #E0C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E25

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E25	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae68',
    500: '#ae8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e25;
$custom-light: #caae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E25

secondary

#687EC6

accent

#67E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E25

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

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