#AE8F31#AE8F31

#AE8F31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F31
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 1.58, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 52.04, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0004 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.116 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8339, 28.8670, 7.0110)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F31 #3150AE

analogous

#AE5031 #AE8F31 #8EAE31

triadic

#AE8F31 #31AE8F #8F31AE

tetradic

#AE8F31 #31AE50 #3150AE #AE318E

square

#AE8F31 #31AE50 #3150AE #AE318E

split-complementary

#AE8F31 #318EAE #5031AE

monochromatic

#4E4116 #7E6824 #AE8F31 #CDAE4F #DBC47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#AE8F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F31

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F31	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6f',
    500: '#ae8f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f31;
$custom-light: #caaf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66154,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F31

secondary

#778AC4

accent

#6EDF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F31

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

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