#AEA03B#AEA03B

#AEA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03B
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -7.04, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 53.03, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0239 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8171, 34.4573, 9.1645)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03B #3B49AE

analogous

#AE673B #AEA03B #82AE3B

triadic

#AEA03B #3BAEA0 #A03BAE

tetradic

#AEA03B #3BAE67 #3B49AE #AE3B82

square

#AEA03B #3BAE67 #3B49AE #AE3B82

split-complementary

#AEA03B #3B82AE #673BAE

monochromatic

#534C1C #80762C #AEA03B #C8BB5E #D8CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AEA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03B	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)

#AE9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb76',
    500: '#aea03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03b;
$custom-light: #c9bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69866,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03B

secondary

#828AC2

accent

#60D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03B

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

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