#AEA12F#AEA12F
#AEA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEA12F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 161, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 57%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 73%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.51, -8.22, 57.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.51, 58.17, 98.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.99% -0.0286 0.1273) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.99% 0.131 102.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7149, 34.6950, 7.7677) |
| Luminance | 0.3469 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.30
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.35
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.09
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.17
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.35
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEA12F #2F3CAE
analogous
#AE612F #AEA12F #7BAE2F
triadic
#AEA12F #2FAEA1 #A12FAE
tetradic
#AEA12F #2FAE61 #2F3CAE #AE2F7B
square
#AEA12F #2FAE61 #2F3CAE #AE2F7B
split-complementary
#AEA12F #2F7BAE #612FAE
monochromatic
#4E4815 #7E7422 #AEA12F #CFC14C #DCD27C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#AEA12F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.94
#AEA12F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEA12F
7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEA12F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEA12F | 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)
#B09C1B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A237
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB958B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aea12f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabc70',
500: '#aea12f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aea12f; $custom-light: #cabc70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aea12f",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 161,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.858,
"s": 57.466,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69987,
"c": 0.13051,
"h": 102.7
},
"luminance": 0.34694
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEA12F
secondary
#757DC4
accent
#57E147
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B