#AEA23C#AEA23C

#AEA23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA23C
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -8.04, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 53.33, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0266 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.122 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1927, 35.1668, 9.4189)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA23C #3C48AE

analogous

#AE693C #AEA23C #81AE3C

triadic

#AEA23C #3CAEA2 #A23CAE

tetradic

#AEA23C #3CAE69 #3C48AE #AE3C81

square

#AEA23C #3CAE69 #3C48AE #AE3C81

split-complementary

#AEA23C #3C81AE #693CAE

monochromatic

#534D1D #80782C #AEA23C #C8BD5F #D8D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AEA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA23C

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA23C	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)

#B09D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd77',
    500: '#aea23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea23c;
$custom-light: #c9bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA23C

secondary

#838AC2

accent

#5ED850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA23C

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

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