#AE9C27#AE9C27

#AE9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9C27
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -5.92, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 59.40, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0229 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7117, 32.9235, 6.7089)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9C27 #2739AE

analogous

#AE5927 #AE9C27 #7DAE27

triadic

#AE9C27 #27AE9C #9C27AE

tetradic

#AE9C27 #27AE59 #2739AE #AE277D

square

#AE9C27 #27AE59 #2739AE #AE277D

split-complementary

#AE9C27 #277DAE #5927AE

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7C6F1C #AE9C27 #D4C03E #DFD070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AE9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9C27

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9C27	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab86b',
    500: '#ae9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9c27;
$custom-light: #cab86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9C27

secondary

#6B77C6

accent

#57E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9C27

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

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