#AEA03A#AEA03A

#AEA03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03A
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -7.10, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 53.46, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0242 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7914, 34.4471, 9.0292)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03A #3A48AE

analogous

#AE663A #AEA03A #82AE3A

triadic

#AEA03A #3AAEA0 #A03AAE

tetradic

#AEA03A #3AAE66 #3A48AE #AE3A82

square

#AEA03A #3AAE66 #3A48AE #AE3A82

split-complementary

#AEA03A #3A82AE #663AAE

monochromatic

#524C1B #80762B #AEA03A #C9BC5C #D8CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AEA03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb76',
    500: '#aea03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03a;
$custom-light: #c9bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03A

secondary

#8189C2

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03A

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

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