#AEA03E#AEA03E

#AEA03E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03E
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -6.85, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 51.74, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.023 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8971, 34.4894, 9.5861)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03E #3E4CAE

analogous

#AE683E #AEA03E #84AE3E

triadic

#AEA03E #3EAEA0 #A03EAE

tetradic

#AEA03E #3EAE68 #3E4CAE #AE3E84

square

#AEA03E #3EAE68 #3E4CAE #AE3E84

split-complementary

#AEA03E #3E84AE #683EAE

monochromatic

#544D1E #81772E #AEA03E #C7BA62 #D7CE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AEA03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03E	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)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb78',
    500: '#aea03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03e;
$custom-light: #c9bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03E

secondary

#868DC2

accent

#62D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03E

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

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