#AEA042#AEA042

#AEA042 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 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA042
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -6.58, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 49.96, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0218 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0109, 34.5349, 10.1856)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA042 #4250AE

analogous

#AE6A42 #AEA042 #86AE42

triadic

#AEA042 #42AEA0 #A042AE

tetradic

#AEA042 #42AE6A #4250AE #AE4286

square

#AEA042 #42AE6A #4250AE #AE4286

split-complementary

#AEA042 #4286AE #6A42AE

monochromatic

#554E20 #827731 #AEA042 #C6B968 #D6CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AEA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA042

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA042	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7a',
    500: '#aea042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea042;
$custom-light: #c9bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69934,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA042

secondary

#8A91C2

accent

#64D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA042

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

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