#AE8E27#AE8E27

#AE8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.122 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E27
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 1.67, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 55.65, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0013 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.122 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4964, 28.4929, 5.9705)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E27 #2747AE

analogous

#AE4B27 #AE8E27 #8BAE27

triadic

#AE8E27 #27AE8E #8E27AE

tetradic

#AE8E27 #27AE4B #2747AE #AE278B

square

#AE8E27 #27AE4B #2747AE #AE278B

split-complementary

#AE8E27 #278BAE #4B27AE

monochromatic

#4A3C11 #7C651C #AE8E27 #D4B03E #DFC570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E27

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E27	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)

#9F8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.122 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ae8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e27;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65871,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E27

secondary

#6B80C6

accent

#69E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E27

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

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