#AAAE27#AAAE27

#AAAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE27
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -17.07, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 65.46, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0539 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.148 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0810, 38.9655, 7.7502)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE27 #2B27AE

analogous

#AE6F27 #AAAE27 #67AE27

triadic

#AAAE27 #27AAAE #AE27AA

tetradic

#AAAE27 #27AE6F #2B27AE #AE2767

square

#AAAE27 #27AE6F #2B27AE #AE2767

split-complementary

#AAAE27 #2767AE #6F27AE

monochromatic

#484A11 #797C1C #AAAE27 #CFD43E #DCDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE27

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE27	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56d',
    500: '#aaae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae27;
$custom-light: #c7c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE27

secondary

#6E6BC6

accent

#41E646

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE27

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

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