#AEA527#AEA527

#AEA527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA527
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -10.68, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 62.28, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0362 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2783, 36.0567, 7.2311)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA527 #2730AE

analogous

#AE6227 #AEA527 #74AE27

triadic

#AEA527 #27AEA5 #A527AE

tetradic

#AEA527 #27AE62 #2730AE #AE2774

square

#AEA527 #27AE62 #2730AE #AE2774

split-complementary

#AEA527 #2774AE #6227AE

monochromatic

#4A4611 #7C761C #AEA527 #D4CA3E #DFD870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA527

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA527	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6c',
    500: '#aea527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea527;
$custom-light: #cabf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA527

secondary

#6B71C6

accent

#4CE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA527

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

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