#AE9027#AE9027

#AE9027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9027
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 0.57, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 56.12, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0044 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.123 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7966, 29.0934, 6.0706)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9027 #2745AE

analogous

#AE4D27 #AE9027 #89AE27

triadic

#AE9027 #27AE90 #9027AE

tetradic

#AE9027 #27AE4D #2745AE #AE2789

square

#AE9027 #27AE4D #2745AE #AE2789

split-complementary

#AE9027 #2789AE #4D27AE

monochromatic

#4A3D11 #7C671C #AE9027 #D4B33E #DFC670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AE9027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AE9027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9027

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9027	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06a',
    500: '#ae9027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9027;
$custom-light: #cab06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9027

secondary

#6B7FC6

accent

#66E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9027

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

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