#AEA02B#AEA02B

#AEA02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA02B
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -7.88, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 59.28, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.028 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4638, 34.3160, 7.3040)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA02B #2B39AE

analogous

#AE5F2B #AEA02B #7AAE2B

triadic

#AEA02B #2BAEA0 #A02BAE

tetradic

#AEA02B #2BAE5F #2B39AE #AE2B7A

square

#AEA02B #2BAE5F #2B39AE #AE2B7A

split-complementary

#AEA02B #2B7AAE #5F2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4613 #7D731F #AEA02B #D1C245 #DDD276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AEA02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA02B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA02B	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)

#AF9B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6d',
    500: '#aea02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea02b;
$custom-light: #cabb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA02B

secondary

#7079C5

accent

#55E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA02B

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

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