#AE9327#AE9327

#AE9327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9327
RGB	rgb(174, 147, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -1.06, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 56.87, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0091 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.125 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2570, 30.0142, 6.2240)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9327 #2742AE

analogous

#AE5027 #AE9327 #86AE27

triadic

#AE9327 #27AE93 #9327AE

tetradic

#AE9327 #27AE50 #2742AE #AE2786

square

#AE9327 #27AE50 #2742AE #AE2786

split-complementary

#AE9327 #2786AE #5027AE

monochromatic

#4A3F11 #7C691C #AE9327 #D4B63E #DFC970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AE9327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AE9327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9327

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9327	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 147, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab26a',
    500: '#ae9327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9327;
$custom-light: #cab26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9327

secondary

#6B7DC6

accent

#62E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9327

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

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