#AE8E2A#AE8E2A

#AE8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E2A
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 1.80, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 54.55, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0006 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.12 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5481, 28.5136, 6.2427)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E2A #2A4AAE

analogous

#AE4C2A #AE8E2A #8CAE2A

triadic

#AE8E2A #2AAE8E #8E2AAE

tetradic

#AE8E2A #2AAE4C #2A4AAE #AE2A8C

square

#AE8E2A #2AAE4C #2A4AAE #AE2A8C

split-complementary

#AE8E2A #2A8CAE #4C2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7D661E #AE8E2A #D2AF43 #DEC475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E2A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E2A	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)

#9F8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6b',
    500: '#ae8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e2a;
$custom-light: #caae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E2A

secondary

#6F84C5

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E2A

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

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