#AE8F2B#AE8F2B

#AE8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.120 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2B
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 1.29, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 54.41, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.002 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.12 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7156, 28.8197, 6.3880)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2B #2B4AAE

analogous

#AE4E2B #AE8F2B #8BAE2B

triadic

#AE8F2B #2BAE8F #8F2BAE

tetradic

#AE8F2B #2BAE4E #2B4AAE #AE2B8B

square

#AE8F2B #2BAE4E #2B4AAE #AE2B8B

split-complementary

#AE8F2B #2B8BAE #4E2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3E13 #7D671F #AE8F2B #D1B045 #DDC576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AE8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2B

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2B	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#9F8D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.120 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6c',
    500: '#ae8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2b;
$custom-light: #caaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66108,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2B

secondary

#7084C5

accent

#6AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2B

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

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