#AEA02D#AEA02D

#AEA02D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA02D
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -7.79, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 58.57, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0276 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5014, 34.3311, 7.5020)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA02D #2D3BAE

analogous

#AE5F2D #AEA02D #7CAE2D

triadic

#AEA02D #2DAEA0 #A02DAE

tetradic

#AEA02D #2DAE5F #2D3BAE #AE2D7C

square

#AEA02D #2DAE5F #2D3BAE #AE2D7C

split-complementary

#AEA02D #2D7CAE #5F2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4714 #7D7320 #AEA02D #D0C148 #DCD279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA02D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#AEA02D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA02D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA02D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA02D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea02d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6e',
    500: '#aea02d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea02d;
$custom-light: #cabb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea02d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA02D

secondary

#727BC4

accent

#57E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA02D

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

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