#AE8E2C#AE8E2C

#AE8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E2C
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 1.89, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 53.79, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0001 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.119 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5848, 28.5283, 6.4360)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E2C #2C4CAE

analogous

#AE4D2C #AE8E2C #8DAE2C

triadic

#AE8E2C #2CAE8E #8E2CAE

tetradic

#AE8E2C #2CAE4D #2C4CAE #AE2C8D

square

#AE8E2C #2CAE4D #2C4CAE #AE2C8D

split-complementary

#AE8E2C #2C8DAE #4D2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3E13 #7D6620 #AE8E2C #D0AF47 #DDC478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AE8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E2C

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E2C	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6c',
    500: '#ae8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e2c;
$custom-light: #caae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65905,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E2C

secondary

#7186C5

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E2C

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

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