#AEA442#AEA442

#AEA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA442
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -8.70, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 51.46, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0278 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.119 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7155, 35.9441, 10.4205)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA442 #424CAE

analogous

#AE6E42 #AEA442 #82AE42

triadic

#AEA442 #42AEA4 #A442AE

tetradic

#AEA442 #42AE6E #424CAE #AE4282

square

#AEA442 #42AE6E #424CAE #AE4282

split-complementary

#AEA442 #4282AE #6E42AE

monochromatic

#555020 #827A31 #AEA442 #C6BD68 #D6D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AEA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA442

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA442	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be7b',
    500: '#aea442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea442;
$custom-light: #c9be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70802,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA442

secondary

#8A8FC2

accent

#5FD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA442

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

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