#AEA42A#AEA42A

#AEA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA42A
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -10.03, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 60.96, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0342 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1503, 35.7180, 7.4435)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA42A #2A34AE

analogous

#AE622A #AEA42A #76AE2A

triadic

#AEA42A #2AAEA4 #A42AAE

tetradic

#AEA42A #2AAE62 #2A34AE #AE2A76

square

#AEA42A #2AAE62 #2A34AE #AE2A76

split-complementary

#AEA42A #2A76AE #622AAE

monochromatic

#4B4712 #7D761E #AEA42A #D2C743 #DED675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA42A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA42A	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)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6d',
    500: '#aea42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea42a;
$custom-light: #cabe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70608,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA42A

secondary

#6F75C5

accent

#50E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA42A

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

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