#AEA43E#AEA43E

#AEA43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA43E
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -8.97, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 53.21, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0291 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6017, 35.8986, 9.8210)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA43E #3E48AE

analogous

#AE6C3E #AEA43E #80AE3E

triadic

#AEA43E #3EAEA4 #A43EAE

tetradic

#AEA43E #3EAE6C #3E48AE #AE3E80

square

#AEA43E #3EAE6C #3E48AE #AE3E80

split-complementary

#AEA43E #3E80AE #6C3EAE

monochromatic

#544F1E #81792E #AEA43E #C7BE62 #D7D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AEA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA43E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA43E	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)

#B29F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be78',
    500: '#aea43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea43e;
$custom-light: #c9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA43E

secondary

#868BC2

accent

#5DD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA43E

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

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