#AE8F26#AE8F26

#AE8F26 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	#AE8F26
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 1.08, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 56.24, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0031 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.123 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6295, 28.7853, 5.9342)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F26 #2645AE

analogous

#AE4B26 #AE8F26 #89AE26

triadic

#AE8F26 #26AE8F #8F26AE

tetradic

#AE8F26 #26AE4B #2645AE #AE2689

square

#AE8F26 #26AE4B #2645AE #AE2689

split-complementary

#AE8F26 #2689AE #4B26AE

monochromatic

#4A3C10 #7C661B #AE8F26 #D5B23D #E0C66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F26

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F26	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)

#A08D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.123 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf69',
    500: '#ae8f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f26;
$custom-light: #caaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66074,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F26

secondary

#6A7FC6

accent

#67E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F26

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

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