#AE8F21#AE8F21

#AE8F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F21
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 0.90, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 57.92, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0041 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.125 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5542, 28.7551, 5.5375)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F21 #2140AE

analogous

#AE4921 #AE8F21 #86AE21

triadic

#AE8F21 #21AE8F #8F21AE

tetradic

#AE8F21 #21AE49 #2140AE #AE2186

square

#AE8F21 #21AE49 #2140AE #AE2186

split-complementary

#AE8F21 #2186AE #4921AE

monochromatic

#473A0D #7B6517 #AE8F21 #D8B434 #E2C767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F21

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F21	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)

#A08D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf67',
    500: '#ae8f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f21;
$custom-light: #cbaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F21

secondary

#6379C8

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F21

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

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