#AE8F2F#AE8F2F

#AE8F2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F2F
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 1.48, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 52.85, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.001 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.117 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7927, 28.8505, 6.7936)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F2F #2F4EAE

analogous

#AE4F2F #AE8F2F #8DAE2F

triadic

#AE8F2F #2FAE8F #8F2FAE

tetradic

#AE8F2F #2FAE4F #2F4EAE #AE2F8D

square

#AE8F2F #2FAE4F #2F4EAE #AE2F8D

split-complementary

#AE8F2F #2F8DAE #4F2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4015 #7E6722 #AE8F2F #CFAF4C #DCC47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F2F

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F2F	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)

#9F8D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6e',
    500: '#ae8f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f2f;
$custom-light: #caaf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66138,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F2F

secondary

#7588C4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F2F

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

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