#AE8F27#AE8F27

#AE8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.122 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F27
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 1.12, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 55.88, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0029 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.122 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6458, 28.7918, 6.0203)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F27 #2746AE

analogous

#AE4C27 #AE8F27 #8AAE27

triadic

#AE8F27 #27AE8F #8F27AE

tetradic

#AE8F27 #27AE4C #2746AE #AE278A

square

#AE8F27 #27AE4C #2746AE #AE278A

split-complementary

#AE8F27 #278AAE #4C27AE

monochromatic

#4A3D11 #7C661C #AE8F27 #D4B23E #DFC670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F27

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F27	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)

#A08D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.122 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf69',
    500: '#ae8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f27;
$custom-light: #caaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6608,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F27

secondary

#6B80C6

accent

#67E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F27

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

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