#AE9A27#AE9A27

#AE9A27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9A27
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -4.84, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 58.81, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0198 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3789, 32.2578, 6.5980)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9A27 #273BAE

analogous

#AE5727 #AE9A27 #7FAE27

triadic

#AE9A27 #27AE9A #9A27AE

tetradic

#AE9A27 #27AE57 #273BAE #AE277F

square

#AE9A27 #27AE57 #273BAE #AE277F

split-complementary

#AE9A27 #277FAE #5727AE

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7C6E1C #AE9A27 #D4BE3E #DFCF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE9A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AE9A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9A27

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9A27	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab76b',
    500: '#ae9a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9a27;
$custom-light: #cab76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9A27

secondary

#6B78C6

accent

#5AE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9A27

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

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