#AEA42D#AEA42D

#AEA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA42D
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -9.90, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 59.92, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0335 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2060, 35.7403, 7.7369)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA42D #2D37AE

analogous

#AE632D #AEA42D #77AE2D

triadic

#AEA42D #2DAEA4 #A42DAE

tetradic

#AEA42D #2DAE63 #2D37AE #AE2D77

square

#AEA42D #2DAE63 #2D37AE #AE2D77

split-complementary

#AEA42D #2D77AE #632DAE

monochromatic

#4D4814 #7D7620 #AEA42D #D0C548 #DCD579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AEA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA42D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA42D	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6f',
    500: '#aea42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea42d;
$custom-light: #cabe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA42D

secondary

#7279C4

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA42D

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

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