#AEA927#AEA927

#AEA927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA927
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -12.76, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 63.65, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0421 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0110, 37.5222, 7.4754)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA927 #272CAE

analogous

#AE6627 #AEA927 #70AE27

triadic

#AEA927 #27AEA9 #A927AE

tetradic

#AEA927 #27AE66 #272CAE #AE2770

square

#AEA927 #27AE66 #272CAE #AE2770

split-complementary

#AEA927 #2770AE #6627AE

monochromatic

#4A4811 #7C781C #AEA927 #D4CE3E #DFDB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA927

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA927	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac26d',
    500: '#aea927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea927;
$custom-light: #cac26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA927

secondary

#6B6EC6

accent

#47E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA927

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

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