#AE9B27#AE9B27

#AE9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9B27
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -5.38, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 59.10, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0214 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5446, 32.5893, 6.6532)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9B27 #273AAE

analogous

#AE5827 #AE9B27 #7DAE27

triadic

#AE9B27 #27AE9B #9B27AE

tetradic

#AE9B27 #27AE58 #273AAE #AE277D

square

#AE9B27 #27AE58 #273AAE #AE277D

split-complementary

#AE9B27 #277DAE #5827AE

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7C6E1C #AE9B27 #D4BF3E #DFCF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AE9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9B27

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9B27	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86b',
    500: '#ae9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9b27;
$custom-light: #cab86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68635,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9B27

secondary

#6B78C6

accent

#59E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9B27

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

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