#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
RGBrgb(174, 142, 37)
HSLhsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.32, 1.59, 56.33)
CIE-LCHlch(60.32, 56.35, 88.38°)
OKLaboklab(65.86% -0.0018 0.1227)
OKLCHoklch(65.86% 0.123 90.8)
XYZxyz(27.4641, 28.4800, 5.8005)
Luminance0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AE8E251.003.146.706.70
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

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

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#AE8E25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva