#AEA227#AEA227

#AEA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA227
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -9.10, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 61.29, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0318 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7435, 34.9871, 7.0529)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA227 #2733AE

analogous

#AE5F27 #AEA227 #77AE27

triadic

#AEA227 #27AEA2 #A227AE

tetradic

#AEA227 #27AE5F #2733AE #AE2777

square

#AEA227 #27AE5F #2733AE #AE2777

split-complementary

#AEA227 #2777AE #5F27AE

monochromatic

#4A4511 #7C731C #AEA227 #D4C73E #DFD570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA227

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA227	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6c',
    500: '#aea227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea227;
$custom-light: #cabd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA227

secondary

#6B73C6

accent

#50E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA227

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

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