#AE9727#AE9727

#AE9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9727
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -3.23, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 57.95, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0153 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8899, 31.2799, 6.4350)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9727 #273EAE

analogous

#AE5427 #AE9727 #82AE27

triadic

#AE9727 #27AE97 #9727AE

tetradic

#AE9727 #27AE54 #273EAE #AE2782

square

#AE9727 #27AE54 #273EAE #AE2782

split-complementary

#AE9727 #2782AE #5427AE

monochromatic

#4A4011 #7C6C1C #AE9727 #D4BA3E #DFCC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9727

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9727	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7930F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56a',
    500: '#ae9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9727;
$custom-light: #cab56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9727

secondary

#6B7AC6

accent

#5EE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9727

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

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