#AE9827#AE9827

#AE9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.128 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9827
RGB	rgb(174, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -3.77, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 58.23, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0168 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.128 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0515, 31.6032, 6.4889)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9827 #273DAE

analogous

#AE5527 #AE9827 #81AE27

triadic

#AE9827 #27AE98 #9827AE

tetradic

#AE9827 #27AE55 #273DAE #AE2781

square

#AE9827 #27AE55 #273DAE #AE2781

split-complementary

#AE9827 #2781AE #5527AE

monochromatic

#4A4111 #7C6C1C #AE9827 #D4BB3E #DFCD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AE9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9827

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9827	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab56b',
    500: '#ae9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9827;
$custom-light: #cab56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6799,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9827

secondary

#6B7AC6

accent

#5CE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9827

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

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