#AEA43D#AEA43D

#AEA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA43D
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -9.03, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 53.64, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0293 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5745, 35.8877, 9.6778)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA43D #3D47AE

analogous

#AE6B3D #AEA43D #7FAE3D

triadic

#AEA43D #3DAEA4 #A43DAE

tetradic

#AEA43D #3DAE6B #3D47AE #AE3D7F

square

#AEA43D #3DAE6B #3D47AE #AE3D7F

split-complementary

#AEA43D #3D7FAE #6B3DAE

monochromatic

#534F1D #81792D #AEA43D #C8BE61 #D7D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AEA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA43D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA43D	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be78',
    500: '#aea43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea43d;
$custom-light: #c9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA43D

secondary

#858AC2

accent

#5CD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA43D

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

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