#AE8E29#AE8E29

#AE8E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E29
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 1.75, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 54.92, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0009 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.12 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5304, 28.5065, 6.1497)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E29 #2949AE

analogous

#AE4C29 #AE8E29 #8CAE29

triadic

#AE8E29 #29AE8E #8E29AE

tetradic

#AE8E29 #29AE4C #2949AE #AE298C

square

#AE8E29 #29AE4C #2949AE #AE298C

split-complementary

#AE8E29 #298CAE #4C29AE

monochromatic

#4B3D12 #7C661D #AE8E29 #D2B042 #DEC473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E29

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E29	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)

#9F8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ae8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e29;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65884,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E29

secondary

#6D83C5

accent

#6AE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E29

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

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