#AEA827#AEA827

#AEA827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA827
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -12.24, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 63.30, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0406 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8257, 37.1516, 7.4136)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA827 #272DAE

analogous

#AE6427 #AEA827 #71AE27

triadic

#AEA827 #27AEA8 #A827AE

tetradic

#AEA827 #27AE64 #272DAE #AE2771

square

#AEA827 #27AE64 #272DAE #AE2771

split-complementary

#AEA827 #2771AE #6427AE

monochromatic

#4A4711 #7C781C #AEA827 #D4CD3E #DFDA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA827

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA827	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16c',
    500: '#aea827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea827;
$custom-light: #cac16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71469,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA827

secondary

#6B6FC6

accent

#49E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA827

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

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