#AE8E2B#AE8E2B

#AE8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E2B
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 1.84, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 54.17, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0004 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.119 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5662, 28.5208, 6.3382)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E2B #2B4BAE

analogous

#AE4D2B #AE8E2B #8CAE2B

triadic

#AE8E2B #2BAE8E #8E2BAE

tetradic

#AE8E2B #2BAE4D #2B4BAE #AE2B8C

square

#AE8E2B #2BAE4D #2B4BAE #AE2B8C

split-complementary

#AE8E2B #2B8CAE #4D2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3E13 #7D661F #AE8E2B #D1AF45 #DDC476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E2B

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6b',
    500: '#ae8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e2b;
$custom-light: #caae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65898,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E2B

secondary

#7085C5

accent

#6BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E2B

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

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