#AEA327#AEA327

#AEA327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA327
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -9.63, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 61.61, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0333 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9203, 35.3408, 7.1118)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA327 #2732AE

analogous

#AE6027 #AEA327 #76AE27

triadic

#AEA327 #27AEA3 #A327AE

tetradic

#AEA327 #27AE60 #2732AE #AE2776

square

#AEA327 #27AE60 #2732AE #AE2776

split-complementary

#AEA327 #2776AE #6027AE

monochromatic

#4A4511 #7C741C #AEA327 #D4C83E #DFD670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AEA327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA327

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA327	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6c',
    500: '#aea327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea327;
$custom-light: #cabd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70372,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA327

secondary

#6B72C6

accent

#4FE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA327

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

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