#AEA421#AEA421

#AEA421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA421
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -10.37, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 63.76, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0359 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0069, 35.6607, 6.6885)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA421 #212BAE

analogous

#AE5E21 #AEA421 #71AE21

triadic

#AEA421 #21AEA4 #A421AE

tetradic

#AEA421 #21AE5E #212BAE #AE2171

square

#AEA421 #21AE5E #212BAE #AE2171

split-complementary

#AEA421 #2171AE #5E21AE

monochromatic

#47430D #7B7417 #AEA421 #D8CD34 #E2D967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AEA421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA421

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA421	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe69',
    500: '#aea421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea421;
$custom-light: #cabe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70559,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA421

secondary

#636AC8

accent

#49EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA421

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

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