#AEA03D#AEA03D

#AEA03D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03D
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -6.91, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 52.18, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0233 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8699, 34.4785, 9.4429)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03D #3D4BAE

analogous

#AE673D #AEA03D #83AE3D

triadic

#AEA03D #3DAEA0 #A03DAE

tetradic

#AEA03D #3DAE67 #3D4BAE #AE3D83

square

#AEA03D #3DAE67 #3D4BAE #AE3D83

split-complementary

#AEA03D #3D83AE #673DAE

monochromatic

#534D1D #81762D #AEA03D #C8BB61 #D7CE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AEA03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb77',
    500: '#aea03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03d;
$custom-light: #c9bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03D

secondary

#858CC2

accent

#61D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03D

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

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