#AEA02F#AEA02F

#AEA02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA02F
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -7.69, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 57.84, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0271 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5408, 34.3469, 7.7097)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA02F #2F3DAE

analogous

#AE602F #AEA02F #7CAE2F

triadic

#AEA02F #2FAEA0 #A02FAE

tetradic

#AEA02F #2FAE60 #2F3DAE #AE2F7C

square

#AEA02F #2FAE60 #2F3DAE #AE2F7C

split-complementary

#AEA02F #2F7CAE #602FAE

monochromatic

#4E4715 #7E7422 #AEA02F #CFC04C #DCD17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#AEA02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA02F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA02F	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)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6f',
    500: '#aea02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea02f;
$custom-light: #cabb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69769,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA02F

secondary

#757DC4

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA02F

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

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