#AEAA27#AEAA27

#AEAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA27
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -13.28, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 64.00, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0435 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1978, 37.8957, 7.5376)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA27 #272BAE

analogous

#AE6727 #AEAA27 #6FAE27

triadic

#AEAA27 #27AEAA #AA27AE

tetradic

#AEAA27 #27AE67 #272BAE #AE276F

square

#AEAA27 #27AE67 #272BAE #AE276F

split-complementary

#AEAA27 #276FAE #6727AE

monochromatic

#4A4811 #7C791C #AEAA27 #D4CF3E #DFDC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA27

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA27	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36d',
    500: '#aeaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa27;
$custom-light: #cac36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA27

secondary

#6B6EC6

accent

#46E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA27

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

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