#AEA340#AEA340

#AEA340 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA340
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -8.31, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 51.97, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0269 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.12 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.4794, 35.5644, 10.0559)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA340 #404BAE

analogous

#AE6C40 #AEA340 #82AE40

triadic

#AEA340 #40AEA3 #A340AE

tetradic

#AEA340 #40AE6C #404BAE #AE4082

square

#AEA340 #40AE6C #404BAE #AE4082

split-complementary

#AEA340 #4082AE #6C40AE

monochromatic

#554F1F #817930 #AEA340 #C6BD65 #D7D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AEA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA340

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA340	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be79',
    500: '#aea340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea340;
$custom-light: #c9be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70564,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA340

secondary

#888EC2

accent

#5FD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA340

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

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