#AEA22B#AEA22B

#AEA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA22B
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -8.93, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 59.94, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.031 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8133, 35.0150, 7.4205)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA22B #2B37AE

analogous

#AE612B #AEA22B #78AE2B

triadic

#AEA22B #2BAEA2 #A22BAE

tetradic

#AEA22B #2BAE61 #2B37AE #AE2B78

square

#AEA22B #2BAE61 #2B37AE #AE2B78

split-complementary

#AEA22B #2B78AE #612BAE

monochromatic

#4C4713 #7D741F #AEA22B #D1C445 #DDD476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA22B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA22B	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#B19D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6e',
    500: '#aea22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea22b;
$custom-light: #cabd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA22B

secondary

#7078C5

accent

#53E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA22B

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

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