#AEA03C#AEA03C

#AEA03C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03C
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -6.98, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 52.61, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0236 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8432, 34.4678, 9.3024)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03C #3C4AAE

analogous

#AE673C #AEA03C #83AE3C

triadic

#AEA03C #3CAEA0 #A03CAE

tetradic

#AEA03C #3CAE67 #3C4AAE #AE3C83

square

#AEA03C #3CAE67 #3C4AAE #AE3C83

split-complementary

#AEA03C #3C83AE #673CAE

monochromatic

#534C1D #80762C #AEA03C #C8BB5F #D8CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AEA03C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03C	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)

#AE9B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb77',
    500: '#aea03c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03c;
$custom-light: #c9bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03C

secondary

#838BC2

accent

#60D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03C

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

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