#AEA42B#AEA42B

#AEA42B 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	#AEA42B
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -9.99, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 60.62, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0339 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1684, 35.7253, 7.5389)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA42B #2B35AE

analogous

#AE632B #AEA42B #76AE2B

triadic

#AEA42B #2BAEA4 #A42BAE

tetradic

#AEA42B #2BAE63 #2B35AE #AE2B76

square

#AEA42B #2BAE63 #2B35AE #AE2B76

split-complementary

#AEA42B #2B76AE #632BAE

monochromatic

#4C4713 #7D761F #AEA42B #D1C645 #DDD576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA42B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA42B	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)

#B39E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6e',
    500: '#aea42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea42b;
$custom-light: #cabe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70615,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA42B

secondary

#7076C5

accent

#50E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA42B

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

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