#AE8E28#AE8E28

#AE8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E28
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 1.71, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 55.29, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0011 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.121 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5132, 28.4996, 6.0589)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E28 #2848AE

analogous

#AE4B28 #AE8E28 #8BAE28

triadic

#AE8E28 #28AE8E #8E28AE

tetradic

#AE8E28 #28AE4B #2848AE #AE288B

square

#AE8E28 #28AE4B #2848AE #AE288B

split-complementary

#AE8E28 #288BAE #4B28AE

monochromatic

#4A3D11 #7C651D #AE8E28 #D3B040 #DFC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E28

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E28	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#9F8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ae8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e28;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E28

secondary

#6C82C6

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E28

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

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