#AEA627#AEA627

#AEA627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA627
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -11.20, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 62.62, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0377 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4593, 36.4188, 7.2915)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA627 #272FAE

analogous

#AE6227 #AEA627 #73AE27

triadic

#AEA627 #27AEA6 #A627AE

tetradic

#AEA627 #27AE62 #272FAE #AE2773

square

#AEA627 #27AE62 #272FAE #AE2773

split-complementary

#AEA627 #2773AE #6227AE

monochromatic

#4A4711 #7C761C #AEA627 #D4CB3E #DFD870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA627

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA627	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06c',
    500: '#aea627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea627;
$custom-light: #cac06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA627

secondary

#6B70C6

accent

#4BE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA627

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

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