#AEA22F#AEA22F

#AEA22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA22F
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -8.75, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 58.51, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0301 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8903, 35.0459, 7.8262)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA22F #2F3BAE

analogous

#AE622F #AEA22F #7AAE2F

triadic

#AEA22F #2FAEA2 #A22FAE

tetradic

#AEA22F #2FAE62 #2F3BAE #AE2F7A

square

#AEA22F #2FAE62 #2F3BAE #AE2F7A

split-complementary

#AEA22F #2F7AAE #622FAE

monochromatic

#4E4815 #7E7522 #AEA22F #CFC24C #DCD37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AEA22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA22F

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA22F	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)

#B19D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd70',
    500: '#aea22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea22f;
$custom-light: #cabd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70205,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA22F

secondary

#757CC4

accent

#56E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA22F

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

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