#AEA230#AEA230

#AEA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; 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	#AEA230
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -8.70, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 58.14, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0298 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9107, 35.0540, 7.9336)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA230 #303CAE

analogous

#AE6330 #AEA230 #7BAE30

triadic

#AEA230 #30AEA2 #A230AE

tetradic

#AEA230 #30AE63 #303CAE #AE307B

square

#AEA230 #30AE63 #303CAE #AE307B

split-complementary

#AEA230 #307BAE #6330AE

monochromatic

#4E4916 #7E7523 #AEA230 #CEC24D #DBD27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AEA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA230

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA230	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd70',
    500: '#aea230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea230;
$custom-light: #cabd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA230

secondary

#767DC4

accent

#56E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA230

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

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