#AE9627#AE9627

#AE9627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.127 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9627
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -2.69, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 57.67, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0137 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.127 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7296, 30.9594, 6.3816)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9627 #273FAE

analogous

#AE5227 #AE9627 #83AE27

triadic

#AE9627 #27AE96 #9627AE

tetradic

#AE9627 #27AE52 #273FAE #AE2783

square

#AE9627 #27AE52 #273FAE #AE2783

split-complementary

#AE9627 #2783AE #5227AE

monochromatic

#4A4011 #7C6B1C #AE9627 #D4B93E #DFCB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE9627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9627

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9627	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.127 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46a',
    500: '#ae9627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9627;
$custom-light: #cab46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67563,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9627

secondary

#6B7BC6

accent

#5FE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9627

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

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