#AEA22E#AEA22E

#AEA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA22E
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -8.80, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 58.88, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0303 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8704, 35.0379, 7.7211)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA22E #2E3AAE

analogous

#AE622E #AEA22E #7AAE2E

triadic

#AEA22E #2EAEA2 #A22EAE

tetradic

#AEA22E #2EAE62 #2E3AAE #AE2E7A

square

#AEA22E #2EAE62 #2E3AAE #AE2E7A

split-complementary

#AEA22E #2E7AAE #622EAE

monochromatic

#4D4814 #7E7521 #AEA22E #CFC34A #DCD37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AEA22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA22E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA22E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6f',
    500: '#aea22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea22e;
$custom-light: #cabd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70198,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA22E

secondary

#747BC4

accent

#55E146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA22E

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

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