#AEA223#AEA223

#AEA223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.138 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA223
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -9.25, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 62.54, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0326 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.138 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6807, 34.9620, 6.7220)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA223 #232FAE

analogous

#AE5C23 #AEA223 #74AE23

triadic

#AEA223 #23AEA2 #A223AE

tetradic

#AEA223 #23AE5C #232FAE #AE2374

square

#AEA223 #23AE5C #232FAE #AE2374

split-complementary

#AEA223 #2374AE #5C23AE

monochromatic

#48430F #7B7319 #AEA223 #D7C937 #E1D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AEA223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA223

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA223	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.138 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6a',
    500: '#aea223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea223;
$custom-light: #cabd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA223

secondary

#666EC7

accent

#4DE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA223

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

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