#AEA22C#AEA22C

#AEA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA22C
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -8.89, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 59.59, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0308 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8319, 35.0225, 7.5183)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA22C #2C38AE

analogous

#AE612C #AEA22C #79AE2C

triadic

#AEA22C #2CAEA2 #A22CAE

tetradic

#AEA22C #2CAE61 #2C38AE #AE2C79

square

#AEA22C #2CAE61 #2C38AE #AE2C79

split-complementary

#AEA22C #2C79AE #612CAE

monochromatic

#4C4713 #7D7520 #AEA22C #D0C447 #DDD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA22C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA22C	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)

#B19D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6e',
    500: '#aea22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea22c;
$custom-light: #cabd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA22C

secondary

#7179C5

accent

#54E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA22C

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

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