#AEA52C#AEA52C

#AEA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA52C
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -10.47, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 60.61, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0352 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.3666, 36.0920, 7.6966)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA52C #2C35AE

analogous

#AE642C #AEA52C #76AE2C

triadic

#AEA52C #2CAEA5 #A52CAE

tetradic

#AEA52C #2CAE64 #2C35AE #AE2C76

square

#AEA52C #2CAE64 #2C35AE #AE2C76

split-complementary

#AEA52C #2C76AE #642CAE

monochromatic

#4C4813 #7D7720 #AEA52C #D0C747 #DDD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA52C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA52C	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6e',
    500: '#aea52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea52c;
$custom-light: #cabf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA52C

secondary

#7177C5

accent

#50E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA52C

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

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