#AEA027#AEA027

#AEA027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA027
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -8.04, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 60.64, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0289 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3940, 34.2881, 6.9364)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA027 #2735AE

analogous

#AE5D27 #AEA027 #79AE27

triadic

#AEA027 #27AEA0 #A027AE

tetradic

#AEA027 #27AE5D #2735AE #AE2779

square

#AEA027 #27AE5D #2735AE #AE2779

split-complementary

#AEA027 #2779AE #5D27AE

monochromatic

#4A4411 #7C721C #AEA027 #D4C43E #DFD470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AEA027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA027

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA027	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6c',
    500: '#aea027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea027;
$custom-light: #cabb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69718,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA027

secondary

#6B74C6

accent

#53E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA027

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

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