#AEAE27#AEAE27

#AEAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE27
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -15.33, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 65.43, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0493 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9591, 39.4183, 7.7914)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE27 #2727AE

analogous

#AE6B27 #AEAE27 #6BAE27

triadic

#AEAE27 #27AEAE #AE27AE

tetradic

#AEAE27 #27AE6B #2727AE #AE276B

square

#AEAE27 #27AE6B #2727AE #AE276B

split-complementary

#AEAE27 #276BAE #6B27AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7C7C1C #AEAE27 #D4D43E #DFDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE27

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE27	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56d',
    500: '#aeae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae27;
$custom-light: #cac56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE27

secondary

#6B6BC6

accent

#41E641

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE27

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

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