#AEAB27#AEAB27

#AEAB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB27
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -13.79, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 64.36, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.045 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3860, 38.2721, 7.6003)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB27 #272AAE

analogous

#AE6827 #AEAB27 #6EAE27

triadic

#AEAB27 #27AEAB #AB27AE

tetradic

#AEAB27 #27AE68 #272AAE #AE276E

square

#AEAB27 #27AE68 #272AAE #AE276E

split-complementary

#AEAB27 #276EAE #6827AE

monochromatic

#4A4911 #7C7A1C #AEAB27 #D4D13E #DFDD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB27

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB27	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36d',
    500: '#aeab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab27;
$custom-light: #cac36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB27

secondary

#6B6DC6

accent

#45E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB27

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

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