#AE9927#AE9927

#AE9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9927
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -4.31, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 58.52, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0183 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2145, 31.9291, 6.5432)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9927 #273CAE

analogous

#AE5627 #AE9927 #80AE27

triadic

#AE9927 #27AE99 #9927AE

tetradic

#AE9927 #27AE56 #273CAE #AE2780

square

#AE9927 #27AE56 #273CAE #AE2780

split-complementary

#AE9927 #2780AE #5627AE

monochromatic

#4A4111 #7C6D1C #AE9927 #D4BD3E #DFCE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9927

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9927	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab66b',
    500: '#ae9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9927;
$custom-light: #cab66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9927

secondary

#6B79C6

accent

#5BE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9927

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

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