#AEAD27#AEAD27

#AEAD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD27
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -14.82, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 65.07, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0478 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7666, 39.0333, 7.7272)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD27 #2728AE

analogous

#AE6A27 #AEAD27 #6BAE27

triadic

#AEAD27 #27AEAD #AD27AE

tetradic

#AEAD27 #27AE6A #2728AE #AE276B

square

#AEAD27 #27AE6A #2728AE #AE276B

split-complementary

#AEAD27 #276BAE #6A27AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7C7B1C #AEAD27 #D4D33E #DFDE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD27

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD27	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56d',
    500: '#aead27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead27;
$custom-light: #cac56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD27

secondary

#6B6CC6

accent

#43E641

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD27

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

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