#AEA043#AEA043

#AEA043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA043
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -6.51, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 49.51, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0215 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0407, 34.5468, 10.3422)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA043 #4351AE

analogous

#AE6B43 #AEA043 #86AE43

triadic

#AEA043 #43AEA0 #A043AE

tetradic

#AEA043 #43AE6B #4351AE #AE4386

square

#AEA043 #43AE6B #4351AE #AE4386

split-complementary

#AEA043 #4386AE #6B43AE

monochromatic

#564F21 #827732 #AEA043 #C5B969 #D6CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AEA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA043

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA043	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)

#AE9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7b',
    500: '#aea043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea043;
$custom-light: #c9bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69945,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA043

secondary

#8B92C2

accent

#64D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA043

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

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