#AEA12B#AEA12B

#AEA12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA12B
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -8.41, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 59.61, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0295 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6379, 34.6641, 7.3621)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA12B #2B38AE

analogous

#AE602B #AEA12B #79AE2B

triadic

#AEA12B #2BAEA1 #A12BAE

tetradic

#AEA12B #2BAE60 #2B38AE #AE2B79

square

#AEA12B #2BAE60 #2B38AE #AE2B79

split-complementary

#AEA12B #2B79AE #602BAE

monochromatic

#4C4613 #7D741F #AEA12B #D1C345 #DDD376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AEA12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA12B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA12B	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabc6e',
    500: '#aea12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea12b;
$custom-light: #cabc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA12B

secondary

#7078C5

accent

#54E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA12B

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

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