#AE8F25#AE8F25

#AE8F25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.123 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F25
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 1.04, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 56.58, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0033 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.123 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6136, 28.7789, 5.8504)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F25 #2544AE

analogous

#AE4A25 #AE8F25 #89AE25

triadic

#AE8F25 #25AE8F #8F25AE

tetradic

#AE8F25 #25AE4A #2544AE #AE2589

square

#AE8F25 #25AE4A #2544AE #AE2589

split-complementary

#AE8F25 #2589AE #4A25AE

monochromatic

#493C10 #7C661A #AE8F25 #D5B23B #E0C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F25

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F25	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.123 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf69',
    500: '#ae8f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f25;
$custom-light: #caaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F25

secondary

#687EC6

accent

#66E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F25

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

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