#AE8F28#AE8F28

#AE8F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F28
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 1.16, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 55.52, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0027 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6626, 28.7985, 6.1087)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F28 #2847AE

analogous

#AE4C28 #AE8F28 #8AAE28

triadic

#AE8F28 #28AE8F #8F28AE

tetradic

#AE8F28 #28AE4C #2847AE #AE288A

square

#AE8F28 #28AE4C #2847AE #AE288A

split-complementary

#AE8F28 #288AAE #4C28AE

monochromatic

#4A3D11 #7C661D #AE8F28 #D3B140 #DFC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F28

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F28	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)

#A08D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6a',
    500: '#ae8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f28;
$custom-light: #caaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66087,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F28

secondary

#6C81C6

accent

#68E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F28

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

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