#AEA42E#AEA42E

#AEA42E 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	#AEA42E
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -9.85, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 59.56, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0333 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2255, 35.7481, 7.8395)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA42E #2E38AE

analogous

#AE642E #AEA42E #78AE2E

triadic

#AEA42E #2EAEA4 #A42EAE

tetradic

#AEA42E #2EAE64 #2E38AE #AE2E78

square

#AEA42E #2EAE64 #2E38AE #AE2E78

split-complementary

#AEA42E #2E78AE #642EAE

monochromatic

#4D4914 #7E7621 #AEA42E #CFC54A #DCD47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AEA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA42E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA42E	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)

#B39E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6f',
    500: '#aea42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea42e;
$custom-light: #cabe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70634,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA42E

secondary

#747AC4

accent

#53E146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA42E

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

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