#AE8F22#AE8F22

#AE8F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F22
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 0.93, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 57.59, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0039 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.125 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5684, 28.7608, 5.6124)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F22 #2241AE

analogous

#AE4922 #AE8F22 #87AE22

triadic

#AE8F22 #22AE8F #8F22AE

tetradic

#AE8F22 #22AE49 #2241AE #AE2287

square

#AE8F22 #22AE49 #2241AE #AE2287

split-complementary

#AE8F22 #2287AE #4922AE

monochromatic

#483B0E #7B6518 #AE8F22 #D8B436 #E2C769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F22

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F22	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)

#A08D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf67',
    500: '#ae8f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f22;
$custom-light: #cbaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F22

secondary

#647AC7

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F22

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

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