#AE8F20#AE8F20

#AE8F20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F20
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 0.86, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 58.23, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0043 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.126 92)
XYZ	xyz(27.5404, 28.7496, 5.4649)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F20 #203FAE

analogous

#AE4820 #AE8F20 #86AE20

triadic

#AE8F20 #20AE8F #8F20AE

tetradic

#AE8F20 #20AE48 #203FAE #AE2086

square

#AE8F20 #20AE48 #203FAE #AE2086

split-complementary

#AE8F20 #2086AE #4820AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7A6516 #AE8F20 #D9B532 #E3C766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8F20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F20

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F20	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf66',
    500: '#ae8f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f20;
$custom-light: #cbaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66039,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.28748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F20

secondary

#6278C8

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F20

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

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