#AEA243#AEA243

#AEA243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA243
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -7.58, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 50.26, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0245 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3902, 35.2458, 10.4587)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA243 #434FAE

analogous

#AE6D43 #AEA243 #85AE43

triadic

#AEA243 #43AEA2 #A243AE

tetradic

#AEA243 #43AE6D #434FAE #AE4385

square

#AEA243 #43AE6D #434FAE #AE4385

split-complementary

#AEA243 #4385AE #6D43AE

monochromatic

#565021 #827932 #AEA243 #C5BB69 #D6CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AEA243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA243

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA243	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)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd7b',
    500: '#aea243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea243;
$custom-light: #c9bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA243

secondary

#8B91C2

accent

#62D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA243

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

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