#AEA241#AEA241

#AEA241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA241
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -7.71, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 51.15, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0251 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3312, 35.2222, 10.1482)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA241 #414DAE

analogous

#AE6B41 #AEA241 #84AE41

triadic

#AEA241 #41AEA2 #A241AE

tetradic

#AEA241 #41AE6B #414DAE #AE4184

square

#AEA241 #41AE6B #414DAE #AE4184

split-complementary

#AEA241 #4184AE #6B41AE

monochromatic

#554F20 #817930 #AEA241 #C6BB66 #D7CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA241

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA241	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd7a',
    500: '#aea241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea241;
$custom-light: #c9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA241

secondary

#898FC2

accent

#61D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA241

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

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