#AE8F2C#AE8F2C

#AE8F2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.119 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2C
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 1.34, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 54.03, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0017 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.119 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7342, 28.8272, 6.4858)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2C #2C4BAE

analogous

#AE4E2C #AE8F2C #8CAE2C

triadic

#AE8F2C #2CAE8F #8F2CAE

tetradic

#AE8F2C #2CAE4E #2C4BAE #AE2C8C

square

#AE8F2C #2CAE4E #2C4BAE #AE2C8C

split-complementary

#AE8F2C #2C8CAE #4E2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3F13 #7D6720 #AE8F2C #D0B047 #DDC578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2C

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2C	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.119 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6c',
    500: '#ae8f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2c;
$custom-light: #caaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66115,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2C

secondary

#7185C5

accent

#6BE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2C

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

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