#AEA242#AEA242

#AEA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA242
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -7.65, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 50.70, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0248 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3604, 35.2339, 10.3021)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA242 #424EAE

analogous

#AE6C42 #AEA242 #84AE42

triadic

#AEA242 #42AEA2 #A242AE

tetradic

#AEA242 #42AE6C #424EAE #AE4284

square

#AEA242 #42AE6C #424EAE #AE4284

split-complementary

#AEA242 #4284AE #6C42AE

monochromatic

#554F20 #827931 #AEA242 #C6BB68 #D6CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AEA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA242

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA242	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd7a',
    500: '#aea242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea242;
$custom-light: #c9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA242

secondary

#8A90C2

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA242

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

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