#AE9127#AE9127

#AE9127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9127
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 0.03, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 56.37, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.006 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.123 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9487, 29.3976, 6.1213)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9127 #2744AE

analogous

#AE4E27 #AE9127 #88AE27

triadic

#AE9127 #27AE91 #9127AE

tetradic

#AE9127 #27AE4E #2744AE #AE2788

square

#AE9127 #27AE4E #2744AE #AE2788

split-complementary

#AE9127 #2788AE #4E27AE

monochromatic

#4A3E11 #7C671C #AE9127 #D4B43E #DFC770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9127

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9127	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06a',
    500: '#ae9127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9127;
$custom-light: #cab06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66501,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9127

secondary

#6B7EC6

accent

#65E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9127

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

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