#AE8F30#AE8F30

#AE8F30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F30
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 1.53, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 52.45, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0007 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.117 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8131, 28.8587, 6.9011)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F30 #304FAE

analogous

#AE5030 #AE8F30 #8EAE30

triadic

#AE8F30 #30AE8F #8F30AE

tetradic

#AE8F30 #30AE50 #304FAE #AE308E

square

#AE8F30 #30AE50 #304FAE #AE308E

split-complementary

#AE8F30 #308EAE #5030AE

monochromatic

#4E4016 #7E6823 #AE8F30 #CEAE4D #DBC47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F30

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F30	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)

#9F8D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6e',
    500: '#ae8f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f30;
$custom-light: #caaf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66146,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F30

secondary

#7689C4

accent

#6DE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F30

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

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