#AEA423#AEA423

#AEA423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA423
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -10.30, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 63.18, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0355 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0358, 35.6722, 6.8404)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA423 #232DAE

analogous

#AE5E23 #AEA423 #72AE23

triadic

#AEA423 #23AEA4 #A423AE

tetradic

#AEA423 #23AE5E #232DAE #AE2372

square

#AEA423 #23AE5E #232DAE #AE2372

split-complementary

#AEA423 #2372AE #5E23AE

monochromatic

#48440F #7B7419 #AEA423 #D7CB37 #E1D96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AEA423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA423

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA423	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)

#B7A42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6a',
    500: '#aea423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea423;
$custom-light: #cabe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA423

secondary

#666DC7

accent

#4BE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA423

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

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