#AEA342#AEA342

#AEA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA342
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -8.18, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 51.08, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0263 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.118 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5373, 35.5876, 10.3611)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA342 #424DAE

analogous

#AE6D42 #AEA342 #83AE42

triadic

#AEA342 #42AEA3 #A342AE

tetradic

#AEA342 #42AE6D #424DAE #AE4283

square

#AEA342 #42AE6D #424DAE #AE4283

split-complementary

#AEA342 #4283AE #6D42AE

monochromatic

#555020 #827931 #AEA342 #C6BC68 #D6D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AEA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA342

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA342	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be7b',
    500: '#aea342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea342;
$custom-light: #c9be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70584,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA342

secondary

#8A90C2

accent

#60D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA342

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

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