#AE9427#AE9427

#AE9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9427
RGB	rgb(174, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -1.61, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 57.14, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0107 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4132, 30.3266, 6.2761)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9427 #2741AE

analogous

#AE5027 #AE9427 #85AE27

triadic

#AE9427 #27AE94 #9427AE

tetradic

#AE9427 #27AE50 #2741AE #AE2785

square

#AE9427 #27AE50 #2741AE #AE2785

split-complementary

#AE9427 #2785AE #5027AE

monochromatic

#4A3F11 #7C691C #AE9427 #D4B73E #DFCA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9427

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9427	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36a',
    500: '#ae9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9427;
$custom-light: #cab36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67137,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9427

secondary

#6B7CC6

accent

#61E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EB

border

#D3CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9427

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

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