#AEAF27#AEAF27

#AEAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.148 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF27
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -15.84, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 65.80, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0507 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.148 110)
XYZ	xyz(33.1530, 39.8061, 7.8560)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF27 #2827AF

analogous

#AF6C27 #AEAF27 #6AAF27

triadic

#AEAF27 #27AEAF #AF27AE

tetradic

#AEAF27 #27AF6C #2827AF #AF276A

square

#AEAF27 #27AF6C #2827AF #AF276A

split-complementary

#AEAF27 #276AAF #6C27AF

monochromatic

#4A4B11 #7C7D1C #AEAF27 #D3D43F #DFDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF27

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF27	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.148 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac66d',
    500: '#aeaf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf27;
$custom-light: #cac66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF27

secondary

#6C6BC6

accent

#41E742

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF27

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

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