#AE9D27#AE9D27

#AE9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9D27
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -6.45, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 59.71, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0244 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8802, 33.2605, 6.7651)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9D27 #2738AE

analogous

#AE5927 #AE9D27 #7CAE27

triadic

#AE9D27 #27AE9D #9D27AE

tetradic

#AE9D27 #27AE59 #2738AE #AE277C

square

#AE9D27 #27AE59 #2738AE #AE277C

split-complementary

#AE9D27 #277CAE #5927AE

monochromatic

#4A4311 #7C701C #AE9D27 #D4C13E #DFD170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9D27

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9D27	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab96b',
    500: '#ae9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9d27;
$custom-light: #cab96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69067,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9D27

secondary

#6B76C6

accent

#56E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9D27

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

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