#AEA040#AEA040

#AEA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA040
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -6.72, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 50.86, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0224 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(30.9530, 34.5117, 9.8805)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA040 #404EAE

analogous

#AE6940 #AEA040 #85AE40

triadic

#AEA040 #40AEA0 #A040AE

tetradic

#AEA040 #40AE69 #404EAE #AE4085

square

#AEA040 #40AE69 #404EAE #AE4085

split-complementary

#AEA040 #4085AE #6940AE

monochromatic

#554E1F #817730 #AEA040 #C6BA65 #D7CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AEA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA040

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA040	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)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb79',
    500: '#aea040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea040;
$custom-light: #c9bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69914,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA040

secondary

#888FC2

accent

#63D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA040

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

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