#AEA440#AEA440

#AEA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA440
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -8.84, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 52.34, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0285 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6576, 35.9209, 10.1154)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA440 #404AAE

analogous

#AE6D40 #AEA440 #81AE40

triadic

#AEA440 #40AEA4 #A440AE

tetradic

#AEA440 #40AE6D #404AAE #AE4081

square

#AEA440 #40AE6D #404AAE #AE4081

split-complementary

#AEA440 #4081AE #6D40AE

monochromatic

#55501F #817A30 #AEA440 #C6BD65 #D7D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AEA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA440

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA440	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)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be79',
    500: '#aea440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea440;
$custom-light: #c9be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA440

secondary

#888DC2

accent

#5ED652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA440

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

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