#AEA33B#AEA33B

#AEA33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA33B
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -8.63, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 54.12, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0284 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3434, 35.5100, 9.3399)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA33B #3B46AE

analogous

#AE693B #AEA33B #7FAE3B

triadic

#AEA33B #3BAEA3 #A33BAE

tetradic

#AEA33B #3BAE69 #3B46AE #AE3B7F

square

#AEA33B #3BAE69 #3B46AE #AE3B7F

split-complementary

#AEA33B #3B7FAE #693BAE

monochromatic

#534D1C #80782C #AEA33B #C8BE5E #D8D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AEA33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA33B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA33B	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be76',
    500: '#aea33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea33b;
$custom-light: #c9be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA33B

secondary

#8289C2

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA33B

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

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