#AEA427#AEA427

#AEA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA427
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -10.15, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 61.95, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0348 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0986, 35.6973, 7.1712)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA427 #2731AE

analogous

#AE6127 #AEA427 #74AE27

triadic

#AEA427 #27AEA4 #A427AE

tetradic

#AEA427 #27AE61 #2731AE #AE2774

square

#AEA427 #27AE61 #2731AE #AE2774

split-complementary

#AEA427 #2774AE #6127AE

monochromatic

#4A4611 #7C751C #AEA427 #D4C93E #DFD770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA427

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA427	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6c',
    500: '#aea427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea427;
$custom-light: #cabe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA427

secondary

#6B72C6

accent

#4EE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA427

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

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