#AEA127#AEA127
#AEA127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.135 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEA127 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 161, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 63%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 78%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.46, -8.57, 60.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.46, 60.96, 98.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.94% -0.0303 0.1317) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.94% 0.135 103) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.5680, 34.6362, 6.9944) |
| Luminance | 0.3463 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.88
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.09
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.71
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.83
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.21
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEA127 #2734AE
analogous
#AE5E27 #AEA127 #78AE27
triadic
#AEA127 #27AEA1 #A127AE
tetradic
#AEA127 #27AE5E #2734AE #AE2778
square
#AEA127 #27AE5E #2734AE #AE2778
split-complementary
#AEA127 #2778AE #5E27AE
monochromatic
#4A4411 #7C731C #AEA127 #D4C53E #DFD470
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#AEA127 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.93
#AEA127 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEA127
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEA127 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEA127 | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.93 | 7.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C08
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A230
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC958A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aea127; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.135 103.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabc6c',
500: '#aea127',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aea127; $custom-light: #cabc6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aea127",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 161,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.222,
"s": 63.38,
"l": 41.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69936,
"c": 0.13514,
"h": 103
},
"luminance": 0.34635
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEA127
secondary
#6B74C6
accent
#51E641
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A