#AEB827#AEB827

#AEB827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.157 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB827
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -20.38, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 69.18, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0633 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.157 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9634, 43.4269, 8.4595)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB827 #3127B8

analogous

#B87927 #AEB827 #65B827

triadic

#AEB827 #27AEB8 #B827AE

tetradic

#AEB827 #27B879 #3127B8 #B82765

square

#AEB827 #27B879 #3127B8 #B82765

split-complementary

#AEB827 #2765B8 #7927B8

monochromatic

#4E5312 #7E861C #AEB827 #CDD845 #DBE277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB827

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB827	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.157 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd6f',
    500: '#aeb827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb827;
$custom-light: #cacd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB827

secondary

#7771CA

accent

#40E84B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB827

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

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