#AEA43B#AEA43B

#AEA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA43B
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -9.16, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 54.48, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0299 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5217, 35.8666, 9.3994)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA43B #3B45AE

analogous

#AE6B3B #AEA43B #7EAE3B

triadic

#AEA43B #3BAEA4 #A43BAE

tetradic

#AEA43B #3BAE6B #3B45AE #AE3B7E

square

#AEA43B #3BAE6B #3B45AE #AE3B7E

split-complementary

#AEA43B #3B7EAE #6B3BAE

monochromatic

#534E1C #80792C #AEA43B #C8BF5E #D8D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AEA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA43B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA43B	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)

#B29F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be76',
    500: '#aea43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea43b;
$custom-light: #c9be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA43B

secondary

#8288C2

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA43B

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

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