#AE8F29#AE8F29

#AE8F29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.121 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F29
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 1.21, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 55.16, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0024 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.121 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6799, 28.8054, 6.1995)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F29 #2948AE

analogous

#AE4D29 #AE8F29 #8BAE29

triadic

#AE8F29 #29AE8F #8F29AE

tetradic

#AE8F29 #29AE4D #2948AE #AE298B

square

#AE8F29 #29AE4D #2948AE #AE298B

split-complementary

#AE8F29 #298BAE #4D29AE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7C661D #AE8F29 #D2B142 #DEC573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F29

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F29	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)

#9F8D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.121 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6b',
    500: '#ae8f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f29;
$custom-light: #caaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66094,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F29

secondary

#6D82C5

accent

#69E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F29

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

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