#AEA23B#AEA23B

#AEA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA23B
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -8.10, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 53.75, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0269 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1666, 35.1563, 9.2810)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA23B #3B47AE

analogous

#AE683B #AEA23B #80AE3B

triadic

#AEA23B #3BAEA2 #A23BAE

tetradic

#AEA23B #3BAE68 #3B47AE #AE3B80

square

#AEA23B #3BAE68 #3B47AE #AE3B80

split-complementary

#AEA23B #3B80AE #683BAE

monochromatic

#534D1C #80772C #AEA23B #C8BD5E #D8D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AEA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA23B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA23B	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd76',
    500: '#aea23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea23b;
$custom-light: #c9bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA23B

secondary

#8289C2

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA23B

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

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