#AEA23E#AEA23E

#AEA23E 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	#AEA23E
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -7.91, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 52.47, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.026 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.121 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2466, 35.1884, 9.7026)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA23E #3E4AAE

analogous

#AE6A3E #AEA23E #82AE3E

triadic

#AEA23E #3EAEA2 #A23EAE

tetradic

#AEA23E #3EAE6A #3E4AAE #AE3E82

square

#AEA23E #3EAE6A #3E4AAE #AE3E82

split-complementary

#AEA23E #3E82AE #6A3EAE

monochromatic

#544E1E #81782E #AEA23E #C7BC62 #D7CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA23E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA23E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd78',
    500: '#aea23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea23e;
$custom-light: #c9bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70328,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA23E

secondary

#868CC2

accent

#5FD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA23E

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

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