#AEA13B#AEA13B

#AEA13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA13B
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -7.57, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 53.39, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0254 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.9911, 34.8054, 9.2225)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA13B #3B48AE

analogous

#AE673B #AEA13B #81AE3B

triadic

#AEA13B #3BAEA1 #A13BAE

tetradic

#AEA13B #3BAE67 #3B48AE #AE3B81

square

#AEA13B #3BAE67 #3B48AE #AE3B81

split-complementary

#AEA13B #3B81AE #673BAE

monochromatic

#534C1C #80772C #AEA13B #C8BC5E #D8CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AEA13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA13B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA13B	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc76',
    500: '#aea13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea13b;
$custom-light: #c9bc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70083,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.34804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA13B

secondary

#828AC2

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA13B

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

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