#AEA23F#AEA23F

#AEA23F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA23F
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -7.85, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 52.03, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0257 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2743, 35.1994, 9.8485)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA23F #3F4BAE

analogous

#AE6B3F #AEA23F #83AE3F

triadic

#AEA23F #3FAEA2 #A23FAE

tetradic

#AEA23F #3FAE6B #3F4BAE #AE3F83

square

#AEA23F #3FAE6B #3F4BAE #AE3F83

split-complementary

#AEA23F #3F83AE #6B3FAE

monochromatic

#544E1E #81782F #AEA23F #C7BC64 #D7CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA23F

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA23F	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)

#B09D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd79',
    500: '#aea23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea23f;
$custom-light: #c9bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA23F

secondary

#878DC2

accent

#60D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA23F

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

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