#AE8F2D#AE8F2D

#AE8F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.119 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2D
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 1.39, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 53.64, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0015 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.119 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7532, 28.8348, 6.5860)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2D #2D4CAE

analogous

#AE4E2D #AE8F2D #8DAE2D

triadic

#AE8F2D #2DAE8F #8F2DAE

tetradic

#AE8F2D #2DAE4E #2D4CAE #AE2D8D

square

#AE8F2D #2DAE4E #2D4CAE #AE2D8D

split-complementary

#AE8F2D #2D8DAE #4E2DAE

monochromatic

#4D3F14 #7D6720 #AE8F2D #D0AF48 #DCC479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2D	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)

#9F8D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.119 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6d',
    500: '#ae8f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2d;
$custom-light: #caaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66123,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2D

secondary

#7286C4

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2D

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

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