#AEA041#AEA041

#AEA041 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA041
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -6.65, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 50.41, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0221 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9817, 34.5232, 10.0317)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA041 #414FAE

analogous

#AE6A41 #AEA041 #86AE41

triadic

#AEA041 #41AEA0 #A041AE

tetradic

#AEA041 #41AE6A #414FAE #AE4186

square

#AEA041 #41AE6A #414FAE #AE4186

split-complementary

#AEA041 #4186AE #6A41AE

monochromatic

#554E20 #817730 #AEA041 #C6BA66 #D7CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AEA041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA041

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA041	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)

#AE9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7a',
    500: '#aea041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea041;
$custom-light: #c9bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA041

secondary

#8990C2

accent

#63D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA041

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

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