#AEA727#AEA727

#AEA727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA727
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -11.72, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 62.96, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0392 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6418, 36.7838, 7.3523)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA727 #272EAE

analogous

#AE6427 #AEA727 #72AE27

triadic

#AEA727 #27AEA7 #A727AE

tetradic

#AEA727 #27AE64 #272EAE #AE2772

square

#AEA727 #27AE64 #272EAE #AE2772

split-complementary

#AEA727 #2772AE #6427AE

monochromatic

#4A4711 #7C771C #AEA727 #D4CC3E #DFD970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AEA727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA727

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA727	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06c',
    500: '#aea727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea727;
$custom-light: #cac06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71249,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA727

secondary

#6B70C6

accent

#4AE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA727

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

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