#AE8F2E#AE8F2E

#AE8F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2E
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 1.43, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 53.25, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0012 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.118 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7727, 28.8426, 6.6886)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2E #2E4DAE

analogous

#AE4F2E #AE8F2E #8DAE2E

triadic

#AE8F2E #2EAE8F #8F2EAE

tetradic

#AE8F2E #2EAE4F #2E4DAE #AE2E8D

square

#AE8F2E #2EAE4F #2E4DAE #AE2E8D

split-complementary

#AE8F2E #2E8DAE #4F2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3F14 #7E6721 #AE8F2E #CFAF4A #DCC47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2E	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)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6d',
    500: '#ae8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2e;
$custom-light: #caaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6613,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2E

secondary

#7487C4

accent

#6CE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2E

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

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