#AEA142#AEA142

#AEA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA142
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -7.11, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 50.33, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0233 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1850, 34.8830, 10.2436)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA142 #424FAE

analogous

#AE6B42 #AEA142 #85AE42

triadic

#AEA142 #42AEA1 #A142AE

tetradic

#AEA142 #42AE6B #424FAE #AE4285

square

#AEA142 #42AE6B #424FAE #AE4285

split-complementary

#AEA142 #4285AE #6B42AE

monochromatic

#554F20 #827831 #AEA142 #C6BA68 #D6CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#AEA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA142

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA142	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc7a',
    500: '#aea142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea142;
$custom-light: #c9bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70151,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA142

secondary

#8A91C2

accent

#63D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA142

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

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