#A1AE27#A1AE27

#A1AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.151 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1AE27
RGB	rgb(161, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -20.95, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 65.72, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0642 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.151 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2011, 37.9962, 7.6621)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1AE27 #3427AE

analogous

#AE7827 #A1AE27 #5EAE27

triadic

#A1AE27 #27A1AE #AE27A1

tetradic

#A1AE27 #27AE78 #3427AE #AE275E

square

#A1AE27 #27AE78 #3427AE #AE275E

split-complementary

#A1AE27 #275EAE #7827AE

monochromatic

#444A11 #737C1C #A1AE27 #C5D43E #D4DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A1AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A1AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1AE27

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1AE27	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.151 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c66d',
    500: '#a1ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1ae27;
$custom-light: #c0c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1AE27

secondary

#746BC6

accent

#41E651

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1AE27

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

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