#AEA529#AEA529

#AEA529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA529
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -10.60, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 61.63, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0358 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3123, 36.0703, 7.4103)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA529 #2932AE

analogous

#AE6329 #AEA529 #74AE29

triadic

#AEA529 #29AEA5 #A529AE

tetradic

#AEA529 #29AE63 #2932AE #AE2974

square

#AEA529 #29AE63 #2932AE #AE2974

split-complementary

#AEA529 #2974AE #6329AE

monochromatic

#4B4712 #7C761D #AEA529 #D2C942 #DED773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA529

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA529	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6d',
    500: '#aea529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea529;
$custom-light: #cabf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA529

secondary

#6D73C5

accent

#4EE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA529

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

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