#AEA522#AEA522

#AEA522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.141 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA522
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -10.86, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 63.80, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0372 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.141 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2008, 36.0257, 6.8232)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA522 #222BAE

analogous

#AE5F22 #AEA522 #71AE22

triadic

#AEA522 #22AEA5 #A522AE

tetradic

#AEA522 #22AE5F #222BAE #AE2271

square

#AEA522 #22AE5F #222BAE #AE2271

split-complementary

#AEA522 #2271AE #5F22AE

monochromatic

#48440E #7B7418 #AEA522 #D8CD36 #E2DA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AEA522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA522

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA522	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.141 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6a',
    500: '#aea522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea522;
$custom-light: #cabf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA522

secondary

#646BC7

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA522

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

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