#AE8F23#AE8F23

#AE8F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.124 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F23
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 0.97, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 57.26, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0037 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.124 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5830, 28.7667, 5.6895)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F23 #2342AE

analogous

#AE4A23 #AE8F23 #87AE23

triadic

#AE8F23 #23AE8F #8F23AE

tetradic

#AE8F23 #23AE4A #2342AE #AE2387

square

#AE8F23 #23AE4A #2342AE #AE2387

split-complementary

#AE8F23 #2387AE #4A23AE

monochromatic

#483B0F #7B6519 #AE8F23 #D7B337 #E1C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F23

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F23	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)

#A08D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.124 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf68',
    500: '#ae8f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f23;
$custom-light: #cbaf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66056,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F23

secondary

#667BC7

accent

#65E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F23

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

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