#AE9527#AE9527

#AE9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9527
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -2.15, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 57.40, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0122 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5708, 30.6416, 6.3286)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9527 #2740AE

analogous

#AE5227 #AE9527 #84AE27

triadic

#AE9527 #27AE95 #9527AE

tetradic

#AE9527 #27AE52 #2740AE #AE2784

square

#AE9527 #27AE52 #2740AE #AE2784

split-complementary

#AE9527 #2784AE #5227AE

monochromatic

#4A3F11 #7C6A1C #AE9527 #D4B83E #DFCB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9527

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9527	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab36a',
    500: '#ae9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9527;
$custom-light: #cab36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6735,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9527

secondary

#6B7CC6

accent

#60E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9527

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

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