#AEA229#AEA229

#AEA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA229
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -9.02, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 60.63, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0314 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7775, 35.0007, 7.2320)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA229 #2935AE

analogous

#AE5F29 #AEA229 #78AE29

triadic

#AEA229 #29AEA2 #A229AE

tetradic

#AEA229 #29AE5F #2935AE #AE2978

square

#AEA229 #29AE5F #2935AE #AE2978

split-complementary

#AEA229 #2978AE #5F29AE

monochromatic

#4B4612 #7C741D #AEA229 #D2C542 #DED473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA229

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA229	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6d',
    500: '#aea229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea229;
$custom-light: #cabd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA229

secondary

#6D75C5

accent

#51E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA229

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

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