#AEA42F#AEA42F

#AEA42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA42F
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -9.80, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 59.20, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0331 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.133 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2454, 35.7561, 7.9445)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA42F #2F39AE

analogous

#AE652F #AEA42F #78AE2F

triadic

#AEA42F #2FAEA4 #A42FAE

tetradic

#AEA42F #2FAE65 #2F39AE #AE2F78

square

#AEA42F #2FAE65 #2F39AE #AE2F78

split-complementary

#AEA42F #2F78AE #652FAE

monochromatic

#4E4915 #7E7722 #AEA42F #CFC44C #DCD47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AEA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA42F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA42F	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)

#B39E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe70',
    500: '#aea42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea42f;
$custom-light: #cabe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA42F

secondary

#757BC4

accent

#53E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA42F

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

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