#AEA23D#AEA23D

#AEA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA23D
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -7.98, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 52.90, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0263 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.121 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2194, 35.1775, 9.5594)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA23D #3D49AE

analogous

#AE693D #AEA23D #81AE3D

triadic

#AEA23D #3DAEA2 #A23DAE

tetradic

#AEA23D #3DAE69 #3D49AE #AE3D81

square

#AEA23D #3DAE69 #3D49AE #AE3D81

split-complementary

#AEA23D #3D81AE #693DAE

monochromatic

#534E1D #81782D #AEA23D #C8BD61 #D7D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA23D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA23D	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd77',
    500: '#aea23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea23d;
$custom-light: #c9bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70318,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA23D

secondary

#858BC2

accent

#5FD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA23D

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

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