#AE9E27#AE9E27

#AE9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9E27
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -6.98, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 60.01, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0259 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0501, 33.6003, 6.8217)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9E27 #2737AE

analogous

#AE5B27 #AE9E27 #7BAE27

triadic

#AE9E27 #27AE9E #9E27AE

tetradic

#AE9E27 #27AE5B #2737AE #AE277B

square

#AE9E27 #27AE5B #2737AE #AE277B

split-complementary

#AE9E27 #277BAE #5B27AE

monochromatic

#4A4311 #7C711C #AE9E27 #D4C23E #DFD270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE9E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE9E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9E27

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9E27	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba6b',
    500: '#ae9e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9e27;
$custom-light: #caba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69284,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9E27

secondary

#6B76C6

accent

#55E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9E27

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

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