#AEA03F#AEA03F

#AEA03F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA03F
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -6.79, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 51.30, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0227 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9248, 34.5004, 9.7320)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA03F #3F4DAE

analogous

#AE693F #AEA03F #85AE3F

triadic

#AEA03F #3FAEA0 #A03FAE

tetradic

#AEA03F #3FAE69 #3F4DAE #AE3F85

square

#AEA03F #3FAE69 #3F4DAE #AE3F85

split-complementary

#AEA03F #3F85AE #693FAE

monochromatic

#544D1E #81772F #AEA03F #C7BA64 #D7CE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA03F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AEA03F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA03F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA03F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA03F	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)

#AE9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea03f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb78',
    500: '#aea03f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea03f;
$custom-light: #c9bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea03f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA03F

secondary

#878EC2

accent

#62D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA03F

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

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