#AEA424#AEA424
#AEA424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEA424 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 164, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 66%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 79%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.27, -10.26, 62.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.27, 62.88, 99.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.57% -0.0354 0.1347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.57% 0.139 104.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.0508, 35.6782, 6.9197) |
| Luminance | 0.3568 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.92
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.25
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.34
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.82
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.06
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEA424 #242EAE
analogous
#AE5F24 #AEA424 #73AE24
triadic
#AEA424 #24AEA4 #A424AE
tetradic
#AEA424 #24AE5F #242EAE #AE2473
square
#AEA424 #24AE5F #242EAE #AE2473
split-complementary
#AEA424 #2473AE #5F24AE
monochromatic
#49440F #7B741A #AEA424 #D6CB39 #E1D86C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#AEA424 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.14
#AEA424 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEA424
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEA424 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEA424 | 1.00 | 2.58 | 8.14 | 8.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39E00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A42F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aea424; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.139 104.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabe6b',
500: '#aea424',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aea424; $custom-light: #cabe6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aea424",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 164,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.652,
"s": 65.714,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70574,
"c": 0.13927,
"h": 104.7
},
"luminance": 0.35677
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEA424
secondary
#676EC7
accent
#4BE93F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141207
muted
#82817A