#AEA43A#AEA43A

#AEA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA43A
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -9.22, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 54.90, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0302 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4960, 35.8563, 9.2641)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA43A #3A44AE

analogous

#AE6A3A #AEA43A #7EAE3A

triadic

#AEA43A #3AAEA4 #A43AAE

tetradic

#AEA43A #3AAE6A #3A44AE #AE3A7E

square

#AEA43A #3AAE6A #3A44AE #AE3A7E

split-complementary

#AEA43A #3A7EAE #6A3AAE

monochromatic

#524D1B #80792B #AEA43A #C9BF5C #D8D18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AEA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA43A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA43A	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be76',
    500: '#aea43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea43a;
$custom-light: #c9be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70727,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA43A

secondary

#8187C2

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA43A

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

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