#AEA323#AEA323

#AEA323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA323
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -9.78, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 62.86, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0341 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8575, 35.3157, 6.7810)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA323 #232EAE

analogous

#AE5D23 #AEA323 #73AE23

triadic

#AEA323 #23AEA3 #A323AE

tetradic

#AEA323 #23AE5D #232EAE #AE2373

square

#AEA323 #23AE5D #232EAE #AE2373

split-complementary

#AEA323 #2373AE #5D23AE

monochromatic

#48440F #7B7319 #AEA323 #D7CA37 #E1D86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AEA323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA323

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA323	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6a',
    500: '#aea323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea323;
$custom-light: #cabd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7035,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA323

secondary

#666DC7

accent

#4CE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA323

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

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