#AAAF27#AAAF27

#AAAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.149 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF27
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -17.58, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 65.84, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0553 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.149 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2749, 39.3533, 7.8149)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF27 #2C27AF

analogous

#AF7027 #AAAF27 #66AF27

triadic

#AAAF27 #27AAAF #AF27AA

tetradic

#AAAF27 #27AF70 #2C27AF #AF2766

square

#AAAF27 #27AF70 #2C27AF #AF2766

split-complementary

#AAAF27 #2766AF #7027AF

monochromatic

#494B11 #797D1C #AAAF27 #CFD43F #DBDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF27

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF27	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.149 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c66d',
    500: '#aaaf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf27;
$custom-light: #c7c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF27

secondary

#6F6BC6

accent

#41E747

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF27

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

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