#AEA12D#AEA12D
#AEA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEA12D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 161, 45) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 59%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 74%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 74.1%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.50, -8.32, 58.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.50, 58.90, 98.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.97% -0.029 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.97% 0.132 102.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.6755, 34.6792, 7.5601) |
| Luminance | 0.3468 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.18
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.27
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.01
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.04
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.31
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 6.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEA12D #2D3AAE
analogous
#AE602D #AEA12D #7BAE2D
triadic
#AEA12D #2DAEA1 #A12DAE
tetradic
#AEA12D #2DAE60 #2D3AAE #AE2D7B
square
#AEA12D #2DAE60 #2D3AAE #AE2D7B
split-complementary
#AEA12D #2D7BAE #602DAE
monochromatic
#4D4714 #7D7420 #AEA12D #D0C248 #DCD279
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#AEA12D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.94
#AEA12D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEA12D
7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEA12D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEA12D | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.94 | 7.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A235
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB958B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aea12d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 45); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.132 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabc6f',
500: '#aea12d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aea12d; $custom-light: #cabc6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aea12d",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 161,
"b": 45
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.953,
"s": 58.904,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69973,
"c": 0.13174,
"h": 102.7
},
"luminance": 0.34678
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEA12D
secondary
#727BC4
accent
#55E246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141108
muted
#82807B