#AE8F2A#AE8F2A

#AE8F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.120 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2A
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 1.25, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 54.79, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0022 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.12 91)
XYZ	xyz(27.6975, 28.8125, 6.2925)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2A #2A49AE

analogous

#AE4D2A #AE8F2A #8BAE2A

triadic

#AE8F2A #2AAE8F #8F2AAE

tetradic

#AE8F2A #2AAE4D #2A49AE #AE2A8B

square

#AE8F2A #2AAE4D #2A49AE #AE2A8B

split-complementary

#AE8F2A #2A8BAE #4D2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7D661E #AE8F2A #D2B043 #DEC575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2A	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)

#9F8D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.120 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6b',
    500: '#ae8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2a;
$custom-light: #caaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66101,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.28811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2A

secondary

#6F83C5

accent

#69E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2A

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

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