#AEA024#AEA024

#AEA024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA024
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -8.16, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 61.60, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0294 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3462, 34.2690, 6.6849)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA024 #2432AE

analogous

#AE5B24 #AEA024 #77AE24

triadic

#AEA024 #24AEA0 #A024AE

tetradic

#AEA024 #24AE5B #2432AE #AE2477

square

#AEA024 #24AE5B #2432AE #AE2477

split-complementary

#AEA024 #2477AE #5B24AE

monochromatic

#49430F #7B711A #AEA024 #D6C639 #E1D56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AEA024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA024

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA024	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6a',
    500: '#aea024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea024;
$custom-light: #cabb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69701,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA024

secondary

#6771C7

accent

#50E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA024

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

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